Hi -
I am a student in middle school, and would like to use my DJI as a science project. I would like to make a weather station and attach this to the DJI to measure Altitude, Humidity, and Temperature. I was wondering if anyone knew of a good approach to using an Arduino to accomplish this. I have a DJI Phantom.
Thank you -
Connor
What is a DJI Phantom.?
Don't assume that people know what you know.
You can get temperature and humidity sensors that work with an Arduino. There is a DHT library (hope I have the name right). Then you probably need a pressure sensor for altitude. A real-time-clock might be a good idea so you can time-stamp the data.
Do you plan to store the data (perhaps on a SD Card) for later analysis? Or do you want to transmit the data wirelessly to some receiver?
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Thats great, thanks so much. But on question, where and how do you upload the DHT library?
Thanks,
Connor
connordrone:
Thats great, thanks so much. But on question, where and how do you upload the DHT library?
Check out the thread at Efficient and simple DHT library - Sensors - Arduino Forum. There's a link to the download.
As for libraries, you store them in the Arduino directory unde libraries, in a subdirectory of the same name as the library, When you include it in a sketch, it will upload automatically.
Sounds like an interesting project. How high will your Phantom go, do you think? A friend of mine has a Blade 350QX, and he got it up to about 250 metres (About 800 ft.). He chickened out when he lost sight of it and brought it back down.