[uncle_bob]

Without trying to put words in Werks' mouth....
Just about anything is possible. But, I think as the WeatherDuino stands at the moment, all this is outside the scope of the system.

Removing the Wireless code and writing in serial would be a big ask and task. It's likely that people have used parts of Werks code and married it into other code including serial wired comms, but they are unknown to me.
Anyway, I think you could be surprised how well the 433Mhz modules in this project work and the signal would probably pass through concrete etc, of course with more attenuation and a hit to the range.

Extra sensors are supported but currently it's limited to a few different types.

I too would love to see an Arduino based lightning detector as the current off the shelf jobs are well outside my price range. I have doubts that the WeatherDuino would have enough "grunt" to run lightning detector or enough spare memory to fit the code in.

Anyway, that's my take on this, we'll have to wait to get the official word from the boss

Hello,

I currently have a Weather Station that is a Fine Offset emulated station. It is direct wired with ethernet cable instead of wireless. The reason for this is that the building I am in has thick concrete, steel reinforced walls and roof. Wireless devices are pretty much useless here. I am using CumulusMX software with it.

I like the idea of what you are doing here with the different components where a person can add different sensors and boards to create the station you want. I am not an expert with soldering irons etc. but have done some before.

Is there some way I could use your components and have it direct wired?

If there is completed boards that have wind speed/direction, rain, temp/humidity and maybe extra temp sensors, lighting detector or could be easily added later? If so what is the cost?

If I built it myself using the parts from you what would be the cost?

Thanks,
Sperry