[tyntop]

Hi,
Can you help, I am interested in building the Weatherduino pro2. I am at present using the maplins N96GY system and I consider the weatherduinopro2 as an upgrade. I am intending to use some of the components from my present system, so which components would be best to use ?
I also want to obtain the circuit boards required for this project, so how do I go about this and how much do they cost.
Also I want to use a tft screen, so which is the biggest I can use and can you point in the right direction with regards to obtaining 1 from a ebay dealer.

Any advise will be greatly appreciated, so I will thankyou in advance.

martyn (tyntop).

[uncle_bob]

Welcome to the Weatherduino world tyntop!

Can you help, I am interested in building the Weatherduino pro2. I am at present using the maplins N96GY system and I consider the weatherduinopro2 as an upgrade. I am intending to use some of the components from my present system, so which components would be best to use ?

Since that unit appears not to have solar sensors, you can use all of the sensors. The exisitng transmitter and console would be replaced by the WeatherDuino system.

I also want to obtain the circuit boards required for this project, so how do I go about this and how much do they cost.

See Werk's post here http://www.meteocercal.info/forum/Thread...-TX-Boards

Also I want to use a tft screen, so which is the biggest I can use and can you point in the right direction with regards to obtaining 1 from a ebay dealer.

A slightly bigger TFT screen can be use now, sorry I don't have a link for it though. Here's the one I used http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/1-8-Serial-12...0695363746

The WeatherDuino Pro 2 is a good system, I can't praise it enough after having a bad run with my Fine Offset.

[werk_ag]

Welcome to the WeatherDuino Pro2 family, tyntop!
Uncle Bob has already replied (and very well) to your questions, so, I only add some bits...

...from my present system, so which components would be best to use ?

From your present system, you can use the wind speed and wind direction sensors and the rain gauge. You will need a new outside temperature / humidity sensor (a module with an SHT10 or SHT11 is recomended).

I also want to obtain the circuit boards required for this project, so how do I go about this and how much do they cost.

About the pcb's, certainly you have followed the link provide by uncle_bob, and already know the prices, however at this moment I don't have any pcb in stock. A new small batch is already in production, I expect have them available again between 15 to 20 January 2015. The price will be the same!

Also I want to use a tft screen, so which is the biggest I can use and can you point in the right direction with regards to obtaining 1 from a ebay dealer.

The WeatherDuino Pro RX unit only supports one specific 1.8" TFT display (or a 20x4 LCD). Drive large TFT displays requires valuable ram, that we also need to run the code.
You can find in the forum, images from the actual 1.8" TFT display.

Regarding bigger TFT displays, soon (I can't say when) a new add on to the WeatherDuino Pro2 system will be presented. It will be called WeatherDuino Pro2 Wirelless Display and allows the use of specific 1.8", 2.2" and 2.4" TFT displays (more can be added in future).

The WeatherDuino Pro2 Wireless Display units are independent units, that show all your meteorological data in sync with your main RX unit. They will be VERY cheap to build, the ideia is to allow the user to have several weather displays in several places of the home or office, at a small cost. Think on it, as they are slave weather consoles.

[Live_Steam_Mad]

Hi,
Can you help, I am interested in building the Weatherduino pro2. I am at present using the maplins N96GY system and I consider the weatherduinopro2 as an upgrade. I am intending to use some of the components from my present system, so which components would be best to use ?
I also want to obtain the circuit boards required for this project, so how do I go about this and how much do they cost.
Also I want to use a tft screen, so which is the biggest I can use and can you point in the right direction with regards to obtaining 1 from a ebay dealer.

Any advise will be greatly appreciated, so I will thankyou in advance.

martyn (tyntop).

I also have a Maplin, but mine is the N96FY, see the link in my sig. line below if you care to look at it's real-time graphs, I am in Moss Bank, St.Helens, Merseyside, England. My N96FY is a rebadged Fine Offset 1081 (silver / black console, beige instruments, no real time clock, but not a big deal). Your N96GY is the black one with the dark grey instruments, which is a rebadged Fine Offset 1080, yours has the real time clock, and you have to to offset the console's time on purpose by 1 hour behind GMT (BST in Summer) in order to compensate for the unit locking onto the German time signal instead of the British time signal from Cumbria! Since there is no UK specific model, only a Euro model and a USA model of the console. I know since my contact Jon H. in Kent has a 1080 (rebadged Watson). Or at least when we tried setting the Time Zone to 0 it was 1 hour fast when the clock synchronised since the clock was using German / Central European Time (CET), so I set it to Time Zone of -1 to compensate.

I am building a WDPro2 in order to rid myself of the occasional VERY high wind speed glitches that I am getting (about once every 2 weeks at present on average) when it is otherwise calm. Also I want to add UV and Solar readings to my Personal Weather Station (PWS) on Wunderground.com .

You can read about my exploits building it here ;- http://www.meteocercal.info/forum/Thread...-at-WDPro2

A link to uncle_bob's build is here ;- http://www.meteocercal.info/forum/Thread-I-m-under-way

Any help needed, just ask!

PS. Interesting about the bigger screen, I am also interested in that as well. I will look fowards to the release of that part of the project. I don't need more resolution, just a bigger display!

Cheers,

Alistair G.

[werk_ag]

PS. Interesting about the bigger screen, I am also interested in that as well. I will look fowards to the release of that part of the project. I don't need more resolution, just a bigger display!

Everybody wants a big and better display.
When we have launched v013 software we said: "v013 is not just another software release! It brings a very significant change in how the WeatherDuino Pro 2 system can be used".

The v013 software and the new generation v4.xx boards, introduced support for the future WeatherDuino Pro 2 Wireless Display units.
With this we are starting to split the reception and processing of weather data from their exhibition on a display.
The goal is simple: make more powerfull RX units, and better display units, with the same low cost and easy to find hardware that you already know.

Can't remember where I saw this picture...

tyntop, I think I have extended a little, the wanted advise... or not!

[Live_Steam_Mad]

tyntop, I think I have extended a little, the wanted advise... or not!

Oohh I'm liking that, it looks great! What size display is that?

Regards,

Alistair G.

[tyntop]

Hi, thanks for the help and advise given so far, please can you give me the measurements for both of the pcbs ( tx + rx ).

regards
tyntop
martyn.

[werk_ag]

Hi tyntop,

RX v4.02 pcb - 99.06 x 55.88 mm
TX v2.50 pcb - 99.06 x 59.69 mm

Regards

[tyntop]

Hi werk.
I have started ordering parts for this project and now want to order the boards, do I PM you ?

regards
tyntop

[werk_ag]

Hi tyntop

I am pleased by your decision. Feel free to PM me about the boards.

Regards
Werk_AG