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| Posted: 04:19am 03 Mar 2012 |
Project --> Custom Made MaxiMite / MMBasic Weather Station
With the MaxiMite / MMBasic 3.1 functions for I2C, 1-Wire, with GPIO Freq. In, Count In, Period In, Analog In, then it would somewhat easy to interface to a raw weather station sensor assembly. A person could make his/her own custom weather station. The only safety concern is lightning / fire protection.
Vendor short list:
Argent Data Systems Weather Sensor Assembly p/n 80422 Sparkfun #SEN-08942 $69.00
With Anemometer - wind speed - (MMBasic frequency in)
With Wind vane wind direction - (MMBasic analog in) (My previous project had a LED clock face that could be used for a fancy wind direction indicator)
With Rain Guage - self emptying tipping bucket - (MMBasic counter in)
Sparkfun I2C Barometer pressure sensor - BMP085 breakout
Sparkfun 1-Wire waterproof temperature sensor (DS18B20) #SEN_11050
Adafruit I2C TSL2561 digital luminosity / lux / light sensor
Adafruit I2C BMP085 Barometric Pressure/Temperature/Altitude Sensor.
Vendor x I2C LCD for sensor indications.
I believe I can make a better weather station than most commercial units due to the flexibility of the MaxiMite / MMBasic functions and unique interface hardware. When was the last time you saw a SD logging card on a commercial weather station?
Any comments for my next MaxiMite / MMBasic project?