PCB Assemblies
While it was back at Christmas time that I decided to start my WeatherDuino project, it took a good couple of months for some of the final parts to come in from eBay China. And then work and life got in the way for a while, however I've finally managed to get the bones of my system built and running over the past few weeks.
I built the RX station first, and all went to plan and started up first time. At the moment I only have a DHT22 temp / humidity sensor and a BMP180 Baro module installed. As I'm running a v5.02 board with eeprom, I went with a 20x4 LCD display with blue back-light. Initially I ran some test sketches to test the individual sensors and the LCD display one at a time, and then a RTC sketch to set the time/date.
The TX station was built next, and again all went to plan and started up first time after programming. At the moment its running on test with a DHT22 module, and I have a SHT11 coming for initial outside tests. I'll probably follow this with a SHT25, and / or a SHT15 once I find a suitable radiation shield that I am happy with.
I've ordered Davis wind speed and direction sensors from the US via Amazon, and have managed to do a deal on a TB1-0.2 Tipping Bucket Rain Gauge, and have that on the way.
The Wireless Display was the last module to assemble. As a few will have read, it didn't start up first time, and after some checking and fault finding with the CRO and a Spektrum analyser it was discovered that a faulty RX module was to blame. Swapped it out and all came to life.
Well that's the basic build completed and the station has been running on constant test for a couple of weeks now, and all good. I'll be sure to add more info and photos as my system comes together.
Cheers for now, from Brisbane Australia.
Mark R
Here are a few photos of the finished boards.
{click on photos to enlarge}
While it was back at Christmas time that I decided to start my WeatherDuino project, it took a good couple of months for some of the final parts to come in from eBay China. And then work and life got in the way for a while, however I've finally managed to get the bones of my system built and running over the past few weeks.
I built the RX station first, and all went to plan and started up first time. At the moment I only have a DHT22 temp / humidity sensor and a BMP180 Baro module installed. As I'm running a v5.02 board with eeprom, I went with a 20x4 LCD display with blue back-light. Initially I ran some test sketches to test the individual sensors and the LCD display one at a time, and then a RTC sketch to set the time/date.
The TX station was built next, and again all went to plan and started up first time after programming. At the moment its running on test with a DHT22 module, and I have a SHT11 coming for initial outside tests. I'll probably follow this with a SHT25, and / or a SHT15 once I find a suitable radiation shield that I am happy with.
I've ordered Davis wind speed and direction sensors from the US via Amazon, and have managed to do a deal on a TB1-0.2 Tipping Bucket Rain Gauge, and have that on the way.
The Wireless Display was the last module to assemble. As a few will have read, it didn't start up first time, and after some checking and fault finding with the CRO and a Spektrum analyser it was discovered that a faulty RX module was to blame. Swapped it out and all came to life.
Well that's the basic build completed and the station has been running on constant test for a couple of weeks now, and all good. I'll be sure to add more info and photos as my system comes together.
Cheers for now, from Brisbane Australia.
Mark R
Here are a few photos of the finished boards.
{click on photos to enlarge}