I'm looking for an arduino board that has an inbuilt USB programmer (so I don't need FTDI), is 5v, and is very low power consumption so it can be battery powered. At this point it doesn't matter what modules will be connected - I'm just working out the MCU first.

Don’t know :roll_eyes: . Hey, make your own, use 8 reed switches or 8 Hall effect sensors.

[image] LarryD: Hey, make your own, use 8 reed switches or 8 Hall effect sensors. That is an idea.... How do I make it fully waterproof?

Cover the breadboard wiring in UV resin.

!!! That's a serious hack! :rofl::rofl::rofl: It would work though...

@LarryD Looks like the original direction sensor will work if paired with this

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Not sure if there is an Arduino library to handle communication.

[image] outbackhut: How do I make it fully waterproof? You do know the humidity sensor has to have air flow to determine what the ambient humidity is ?

Yes. I'm building a stevenson screen to mount the non wind powered hardware in - temp/humidity sensors, MCU, batteries etc. The anemometer and the wind vane and a solar panel will be mounted externally. Everything else will be inside the stevenson screen.

[image] outbackhut: I'm looking for an ... arduino board that has an ... inbuilt USB programmer ...is 5v, and is very low power consumption All of this does not go well with low consumption. For example, refusing to use Nano and replacing it with a bare atmega328 controller, you will red…

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I often use UV glue/resin

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