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Hi all.
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Now available in a cute box for safer transportation and better look!!!

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Look quite good, but they leave little room for sensors.

Do you also have weather proof variants, lots of people make (outside) weather stations with their Arduino.

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Look quite good, but they leave little room for sensors.

Do you also have weather proof variants, lots of people make (outside) weather stations with their Arduino.

Hi. Thanks for kind words.

In fact there are no weather proof versions at this moments. But what about sensors, it's possible to have a box with any dimensions. Usually this standard size is enough for some standard tasks. Let me know if you need a customization or have some ideas for weather proof version.

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some ideas for weather proof version.

The weather station version need to be watertight and to be able to let wind through to measure the temperature and humidity, but keeps rain outside.
The box must have a hole (rubber?) for wires to sensors outside the box e.g. anemometer and wind compass.
The box must have means to connect it to a wall or a pole.
The box must not block wifi or xbee signals (for those who want to be wireless)
The box must be big enough to hold lipo or other battery

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The weather station version need to be watertight and to be able to let wind through to measure the temperature and humidity, but keeps rain outside.
The box must have a hole (rubber?) for wires to sensors outside the box e.g. anemometer and wind compass.
The box must have means to connect it to a wall or a pole.
The box must not block wifi or xbee signals (for those who want to be wireless)
The box must be big enough to hold lipo or other battery

In fact it's very hard to make the box waterproof and have holes for wind at the same time... Thinking about all your suggestions...

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In fact it's very hard to make the box waterproof  and have holes for wind at the same time...

you can do that with what I know as louvre windows .
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A window with wooden strips in a small angle. It will hold the rain which comes from above but allows wind to pass through.

- http://eyecatching-eyecandy.blogspot.nl/2012/04/louvre-windows-kaca-nako.html -

get the idea?

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- http://eyecatching-eyecandy.blogspot.nl/2012/04/louvre-windows-kaca-nako.html -

get the idea?

Got it. Thanks a lot for idea. Nice thing... making sketches for laser cut... will post images when ready.

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In fact it's very hard to make the box waterproof and have holes for wind at the same time... Thinking about all your suggestions...

I would think you want to make 2 boxes that stack on each other.  The bottom box is all electronics and is fully NEMA sealed.  All of the wires leading in/out of the box go through NEMA sealed cable glands.  Some of the wires from the cable gland go to the other box, which is your wind station.  It has holes to measure the wind.  You might not even need to put the wind station in a box, just have it connected.  Given some of the storms I've been out in, I would not trust louvered windows to protect the electronics.

I would imagine one problem with electronics sealed in a box is heat build up, particularly if there are voltage regulators that produce heat as a consequence of changing the voltage.  I could imagine having air ports that are either mounted on the bottom via a pipe long enough that you don't have to worry about wind borne rain, or via an S shaped tube similar to what is used in most sinks/toilets.

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Now that I think about it, you could combine the heat vents with the wind openings by mounting the Arduino box on top, and have some vents in the bottom away from the ends, and have the wind holes in the bottom compartment.  The only problem might be heat wants to rise.  You might need a low powered fan to draw the heat down.

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@volshebnick, These enclosures look just fantastic! Kudos on having such a beautiful sense of design. Honestly, I'm surprised the price is so low.

Since you mentioned customizing enclosures, I want to ask: Can you customize enclosures on an as-needed basis for small changes like cutouts/holes or slightly longer along one axis? I'm talking about low quantities (1 to 10 enclosures). If you provide this service, what kind of price range will such custom enclosures be?