Raspberry Pi
Ok, I've had at least one person respond so that's enough for me to have the refresher class. Right now I'm shooting to have it on 9/3, but I need to make the arrangements with my work and as soon as I confirm it I'll post the update here and announce it.
Our headquarters is right next to Wake Forest Biotech Place, and is very convenient to both I-40 and 52, along with the restaurants in downtown Winston.
As soon as everything is arranged I'll announce it.
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The next class has been scheduled for October 1st at the Red Cross. We will be working on the weather station with the refactored code and the new light sensor which I will have for everyone. I'll be reposting the updated parts list and the code before the end of the month so everyone can be ready for the class.
I know that the Shelby Hamfest is on the third of September, but I wanted to see if there was any interest in a refresher class for people who ar eavailable or are starting new. We would go over the basic Arduino environment, and help people get their laptops all setup in preparation for the October 1st class. If you are interested in doing this please email me asap. If we have enough interest I'll announce it here in the next week or so. If we do have that class I'm also planning on holding it at my work as its been graciously offered to provide space for the class.
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I'm going to be starting the classes again. Right now we are going to continue with the weather station project, but we will be making some changes to the code. I just wasn't really happy how it was developing so we'll refactor the code.
Not to mention it's been so long since we've met, it'll be good to start clean and have everyone at the same spot. I'll be updating the code between now and when the class starts, and right now I'm shooting for the first Saturday in August. As soon as I get confirmation of the room reservation I'll make an announcement here.
I'm also going to review the parts list for those who are joining us, so you'll have time to order the parts and be ready.
At a high level overview we are still planning to make a weather station that uses an Arduino uno for the sensors in a waterproof box, and it will transmit the information wirelessly to either another Arduino Uno or to a Raspberry PI. We will do both versions, and at first we'll be using an Arduino to test the wireless communication, then for those that are happy with that they can build that. But then we'll be moving on to a Raspberry PI station that will allow you to display the weather information on a webpage.
Thanks for everyones patience as we get going again with the classes. If anyone has any questions or suggestions please email me at nc4rg@yandex.com.
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Pending verification that the Red Cross is available the next class will be held on 10/17.
It appears that there have been some significant changes to the raspbian system since the last time I installed it, so I'm going to do some testing on configuring the wifi and remote access, then I'll get the instructions out to everyone so we can ge as much done ahead of time as we can.
I am also building the weather vane and anemometer and will have an idea of the costs next week and I'll get reservations for the parts needed. Right now it looks like it will be no more than $25 for the parts for both.
I am also going to put the code up both on the class site and on GitHub to make it easier for me to track the changes we are making and keep everything up to date.
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I've been testing it and it seems to be working quite well. I'll be posting the files this weekend with the code and the instructions on the assembly of the weather station and the base unit.
While working with it I've decided that I am going to be building the console for the weather station using a Raspberry Pi instead of an arduino. This will make it much easier to display the weather information wherever I want to, and upload it to the various weather web sites that I'm a member of.
If there is enough interest we can do the build of the Raspberry Pi console as a part 2 for the weather station, and we can do that at the next class. This will give people who are interested in expanding what you can do with an arduino the ability to use another inexpensive controller board to expand your projects even more. Using the wireless module we've chosen and a Raspberry Pi potentially gives us an opportunity to even create a home automation system controlled by the Raspberry Pi and use Arduino nano boards to control and sense various things around the house.
We will discuss this at the class.
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