DIY Solar Powered Weather Station

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DIY Solar Powered Weather Station

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I made a self-contained solar-powered weather station to send data back to my indoor wind chimes. I learned a few things along the way and ended up making a cool little power box that can be used for other outdoor projects as well!
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SLA 12V Battery - amzn.to/3B4NsyP
10W Solar Panel and Charger - amzn.to/3RWJcIr
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Indoor Wind Chimes Overview - • Indoor Wind Chimes Pro...
SparkFun Redboard - www.sparkfun.c...
SparkFun Weather Shield - www.sparkfun.c...
Weather Meter Kit - www.sparkfun.c...
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00:00 Intro
00:51 What is this thing?
03:10 Battery, Charger, Solar Panel
05:19 Electronics (Arduino and Weather Shield)
06:03 Cable Glans!
07:11 Conclusion

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@Bigelowbrook Жыл бұрын

Nice follow up for the wind chime project. I had one of those weather stations and the UV destroyed it after about a year. Also watch out for the poor hall effect sensor in this....I was getting some horrible bouncing and it would register some crazy amounts of rain and wind. Hopefully your sparkfun device has debouncing code built into it.

@JonathanRansom Жыл бұрын

Now I want to build a solar/battery project of some kind, thanks a lot! Haha

@celeron55 Жыл бұрын

I like the radio solution.

@RobertCowanDIY Жыл бұрын

Thanks! It's cheap and easy for people that don't really like relying on code.

@Adrian_Galilea Жыл бұрын

I don't know much about this stuff, but I believe those batteries shouldn't be used with those controllers due lacking temperature control, seems particularly relevant for a weather station that will be exposed to the elements. just in case you want to double check that.

@RobertCowanDIY Жыл бұрын

I'm not sure what you think will happen, but SLA batteries are perfectly suitable for outdoor applications and the charge controller is designed for SLA batteries.

@NSKChaitanya Жыл бұрын

Out of curiosity, what is the effect of the weather sealing enclosure on the weather shield and the readings reported by the onboard sensors?? I m reasonably certain that it would introduce an error due to the enclosure.. so in effect, the only measurement you can truly rely on is the windspeed and wind direction.

@RobertCowanDIY Жыл бұрын

You are correct! The humidity and temperature sensors can't be relied upon at all when sealed up like this. Thankfully I only need the data from the external sensors.

@JustinDavidow Жыл бұрын

I'm curious what the total power consumption from the battery ends up being? Given that you're driving the arduino regulator to burn some of the power, I would expect a few hundred mA?

@RobertCowanDIY Жыл бұрын

Yeah, it's somewhere around there. Maybe 150mA in total? It's minimal and the battery can last for at least a week or more?

@tacklebat Жыл бұрын

Are you getting rainfall data or just wind speed and direction?

@RobertCowanDIY Жыл бұрын

I'm just sending wind speed and average. I could easily add a line or two of code and send over rain data as well, but the indoor unit would have no way of handling it. But you can easily send over whatever is needed from the unit.