Hello! I'm attempting to teach 6 high school students about Arduino's and wireless communications. After a discussion about what they want to do: They have decided to build two solar powered weather stations with receivers to see how much the weather(temperature, pressure and humidity) differ from the two sides. Before we go and order the materials, I was wondering if someone could validate the parts list we currently have for feasibility, and possibly some expansion later on.
Thanks!
-= Scott
I can't read the parts list. Please post it as text rathe than a picture. Or attach a PDF file.
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Sorry about that! Here I changed a few items as well to make it simpler and slightly more cost-effective.
Weather Station.pdf (107 KB)
Do you expect this system to work at night or during bad weather?
If so, it is premature to order the particular battery and solar panel specified. You need to measure the average current draw during normal operating conditions in order to estimate the current capacity required of both.
What is the purpose of the expensive Jeenode ‐‐ RFM69C ‐‐ 434Mhz. What are you transmitting, and how far? An nRF24L01+ 2.4GHz transceiver module costs about £2.00
If this was my project I think I would use a lead-acid battery - they are much simpler to work with.
And go for a battery with 2 to 4 times the capacity you think you will need - after derating the battery sticker capacity by 50%.
Plus (of course) what @jremington has said.
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I can't read the parts list. Please post it as text rathe than a picture. Or attach a PDF file.
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You are getting shafted on that OLED display. $18?! That's twice what I usually see the little OLED screens for. And you can get a 20x4 I2C LCD display for like $7~8. They're dead simple to use, easier than the OLED ones.
And I'm seeing BME280 breakout boards on ebay for $8 or so too >.>
One of the reasons I don't buy from $parkfun...
But the parts like generally looks sound. You'll need to test the power consumption as mentioned above though, in order to size the battery and solar panel.
Oh - and re thread topic, BASIC in all caps implies the BASIC programming language, which is unrelated to Arduino (BASIC is also a terrible programming language, both in it's own right, and because it teaches bad habits, and it's not very similar to many real languages). Arduino is programmed in C.
Domino60:
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I don't have a mouse wheel 
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