weather station

Great class and the next one is on the calendar now

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Had a slow time, but it was good getting the radios working for almost everyone.  I'll work on having a better testing program for January's class.

We will take a break during December for the holidays and then pick up on January 21st with working on setting up the Raspberry PI weather station console, designing the case to hold the weather station, and get started on the anemometer, weather vane and tipping rain gauge.

I'll have an updated parts list for the new parts we'll start on in January, and I'll have extra parts that people can buy at the class.

Thanks again for everyone who came to the class!

Releases for the Barometer and Moisture sensor

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The code for the Barometer and Moisture sensor has been released on GitHub.

I'll finish the RTC code, the UV Sensor and the light sensor.

The communications between the Arduino and the Raspberry PI at first we will test with another Arduino as I have that code already debugged and working, and I'll add that to the weather station.

Then we will be working on the Raspberry PI section of the code which should not require any changes to the Arduino code.

Saturday I'm hoping to get all the Arduino code loaded and working, and then start discussing the Raspberry PI and go through the initial setup of a Raspberry PI.  The final version of the software for the Raspberry PI will be available in a package you can download and just flash onto an SD card without having to make any code changes so it'll be easy to deploy.  The advantage of doing it like this is you'll always have a way to restore the Raspberry PI to the default setup that works with the weather station so you can experiment and if something gets messed up you can just restore it from the package and it will start working again.

Arduino Weather Station Class rescheduled for 7/25

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I've got the updated class posted in the events section.

In this class we will be building a basic weather station that will measure temperature, humidity, light intensity, uv intensity and pressure and then send this data wirelessly to a base unit that will display the information.

This will be the basis for a home weather station system that will allow you to mount the sensors outside in something like a tupperware container and then mount the sensors on the outside and seal them with silicone.  You can either power it with batteries or a small solar cell and some rechargeable batteries that charge during the day, and discharge during the evening.

I have the list of everyone who will be attending currently, along with if I have your parts ordered.  If you are getting your own parts I would recommend Amazon going forward.  I've had too many issues with Banggood lately and I am going to stop using them because the hassle is not worth the small savings to me.

Here's the current attendance list and anyone who has a * next to their name I've got their parts. 

  • Ray Purdom *
  • Dale Mierisch *
  • Don Edwards *
  • David Shoaf KC4X *
  • Jim Register *
  • Geoff Rudy *
  • Caver Dave *
  • Van Key *
  • Subhash Gedam *
  • Gene Bowman *
  • Steve WA3RTC *
  • Harold NRHER *
  • BIll KK4ZIU *

If you'd like to participate please let me know and I can add you to the list, if you are either signed up or do want to participate and need a set of parts please let me know ASAP.  Currently I have one or two extra sets, but I will order more if necessary.  The price for the parts will be $33 for everything.

I'm currently working on the wireless connection between the two arduino's and once I have that completed I'll publish the code here so everyone can download it and be ready for the class.

I've updated the parts list with links to Amazon if you want to purchase the parts on your own.