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Hello everyone,

After looking for a new DIY electronics magazine to subscribe to, I ended up getting Silicon Chip. This one is very similar to my old time French magazine I used to read when I was younger. Unfortunately its editor put an end to its issuance a few months ago.

Straight I was caught by this weather station; so I ordered the missing issues with the idea to start again some DIY stuff - and this station was a perfect project for me to start soldering again!
I then ordered all the pieces I needed to build it and eventually a few weeks later I ended up building the 3 boards. Casing was the next step.

I publish a few first pictures of my work here below, the WD board is still missing a case - I am trying to figure out which one would be the best.

Let's start with the sensors: I mounted the mat with all the sensors on an old mop stick whose tip had an hole that fits exactly the mat (I needed to slightly crush it with a pair of plier so that it was the exact same shape as the whole). A few clamps later and it was done!




I chose a water proof casing for my TX - I live ina very humid country. I still need to seal the holes with some silicon.
It has a transparent top (very popular here!) because I wanted to see the emitter LED from outside. I used two circular connectors for the power supply and the sensors. All of them are using a standard telephone wire with four wires. The temperature shield contains a DHT22.
Here is it what it looks like:



I have fixed the PCB with two screws and spacers underneath - the screws are actually glued to the bottom of the case. Pretty neat.



The position in my building is definitely not the most optimum one but this is only what I can do for now (maybe I should climb to the roof a find a space to put it with a solar panel - probably the next move!).

The RX unit is inside, with a flat rounded corner shape box. The two antennas are at the top with the BP in the center. I cut the LCD whole with a simple cutter and it worked pretty well! I still need to put a bezel to make it look nicer. I'll post inside pictures later one.
Here it is:




It's a bit hot in the case, mainly due to the heat generated by the regulator but also the outside temperature which is always around 30 degrees ++



I love the blue color of the LCD

The WD is done but still misses a case.

Any comment is welcome! I'll post more soon