1-Wire Weather Stations

Latest revision as of 01:21, 16 February 2012

Interest has grown about creating weather stations and setting up a data input into a Collexion database for testing, analysis, and to create a software system that can be used for learning and experimentation. We will put together weather stations using pre-built components to get started in the hobby, and then we will branch out into data integration, manually building components, adding data warehousing and analytics, and more!

We can build a 1-Wire Weather Station using the Weather Toys book as a source. The book is broken down into 3 parts.

1. Introduction to weather, introduction to weather stations, and introduction to 1-wire devices.
2. Build a Weather Station
   1. Temperature
   2. Wind Speed and Wind Direction
   3. Humidity
   4. Barometric Pressure
   5. Rainfall
   6. Lightning
3. Expanding the Weather Station
   1. Build a Weather Web Server
   2. Turn Appliances On or Off Based on Weather
   3. Add an LED display
   4. Build a Smart Sprinker Timer
   5. Build a Home Thermostat
   6. Build a Stand-Alone Weather Station (no PC required)

[edit] Educational Sources

• Weather Toys
• One-Wire Weather Source Forge Software
• Ardent Data Wiki on ADS-WS1

[edit] Purchasing Sources

• 1-Wire Weather Station Components
• Davis Pro-2 Complete Weather Station
• La Crosse Technology Complete Weather Stations
• AAG Electronica
• Maxim Integrated Products
• iButton Solution Search

[edit] Project Planning

1. Determine hardware requirements
2. Determine costs for hardware
3. Determine members interested in purchasing
4. Hold planning meeting
5. Hold design meeting
6. Profit!