Weather Station

Hello,

It's my first post on the new arduino forum.

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).

I use the code below as a start:
http://code.google.com/p/pweatherstation/

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.

Roadmap(in order):

  • code at http://www.bitbucket.org/trunet/ (not yet, I'll release soon)
  • make a stevenson screen to assemble everything
  • assemble solar panels and make it waterproof
  • make the soil moisture
  • soil moisture deployment
  • humidity sensor deployment
  • pressure sensor deployment
  • schematic
  • printed circuit board

Links to some products I used:
https://www.argentdata.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=29&products_id=145&osCsid=4be757f1aec477a374a20f465a72a3c0
http://wiki.argentdata.com/index.php/ADS-WS1

Youtube video:

Pictures:



I'd like to thanks Rui for the initial code and support:

Nice work!

Do you have a Blog?

Very good job. :slight_smile:

Why did you have two temperature sensors ?

SamoLaw:
Very good job. :slight_smile:

Why did you have two temperature sensors ?

The DS18B20 will be waterproof(ed???) and I'll put it underground to measure soil temperature.

Binette228:
Nice work!

Do you have a Blog?

yes, I have: http://www.wsartori.com

I'll update blog soon...

Thank you for the answer . :slight_smile:

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.

Easy way to access the webpage for it:

http://tinyurl.com/66zdpu2

(Which is...

https://www.argentdata.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=29&products_id=145&osCsid=4be757f1aec477a374a20f465a72a3c0

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:

Battery: Lithium Ion Battery - 400mAh - PRT-13851 - SparkFun Electronics
PV Panel: 2 Watt 6 Volt Solar Panel | Small Solar Panels

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.