I made a weather station using arduino fio, xbee, cell phone battery and a solar panel array(2 now I'll put more later if needed). For the sensors I have an anemometer, wind direction, rain gauge(all sparkfun), photocell(sparkfun), DS18B20(temperature from local supplier). I'm waiting to delivery here in Brazil humidity and pressure sensors(sparkfun).
During development I put it on my room porch(of course it's not the best place), but I'm building to my father-in-law that is a farmer and has tons of space available.
I've been making hobbyist weather monitors for years... and the windspeed/ wind-direction/ rainfall sensor Wagner has used looks to be a great choice... I would commend it to anyone.
I'm trying to make a very similar weather station. I have been trying to look into the Fio and issues with Solar Panels and Batteries. I'm thinking about buying the Panel and Battery below for my station:
Can I just plug these into the Fio and it will work fine? Do I need to worry about voltage regulation or does the Fio do that for me? Any safety concerns I should think about?
This is my first Arduino Project so trying to be safe. Thanks for your thoughts.