Bedford High School Live IOT Weather Station
Bedford High School Live IOT Weather Station
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For my final project in my senior-year Robotics III class, I was tasked with creating a weather station, to be deployed to the roof of the school, that would send live weather updates to the classroom.
For my final project in my senior-year Robotics III class, I was tasked with creating a weather station, to be deployed to the roof of the school, that would send live weather updates to the classroom.
To accomplish this I used a Particle IOT Argon microcontroller, a DHT11 Temperature and Humidity sensor, and two 1024-state Rotary Encoders.
To accomplish this I used a Particle IOT Argon microcontroller, a DHT11 Temperature and Humidity sensor, and two 1024-state Rotary Encoders.
The project followed many small steps, like starting with a proof-of-concept program on an Arduino Uno that read data from just the DHT11 sensor, and then another Arduino-based version that also read the direction of the two Rotary Encoders. The next phase of the project was to attach 3D-printed parts to the encoders to give them the ability to read wind-direction and wind-speed.
The project followed many small steps, like starting with a proof-of-concept program on an Arduino Uno that read data from just the DHT11 sensor, and then another Arduino-based version that also read the direction of the two Rotary Encoders. The next phase of the project was to attach 3D-printed parts to the encoders to give them the ability to read wind-direction and wind-speed.
After these proofs of concept, I swapped the Arduino Uno for a Particle Argon, which could connect to the Particle IOT Cloud. After two weeks of fighting to get the libraries imported into the Particle CLI Studio, the live-update of the project was finished. The last two steps were printing a UV and weather shield for the DHT11 sensor, sealing the Argon board in a weatherproof box, and attaching it to a solar panel.
After these proofs of concept, I swapped the Arduino Uno for a Particle Argon, which could connect to the Particle IOT Cloud. After two weeks of fighting to get the libraries imported into the Particle CLI Studio, the live-update of the project was finished. The last two steps were printing a UV and weather shield for the DHT11 sensor, sealing the Argon board in a weatherproof box, and attaching it to a solar panel.
After the station was deployed on the roof of the school, I connected a Raspberry Pi B to the wireless data feed of the Argon board, and positioned it in the classroom so that at any point during class one could check the current local weather conditions.
After the station was deployed on the roof of the school, I connected a Raspberry Pi B to the wireless data feed of the Argon board, and positioned it in the classroom so that at any point during class one could check the current local weather conditions.
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