[werk_ag]

It looks great! It's really a pity the case not be just a little bit bigger (or the board a little smaller)

Are you using any of the front buttons to change the info on the display?

[zitoune]

Are you using any of the front buttons to change the info on the display?

Yes indeed, I have put a PB behind the left hand key of the panel so that it controls the display.

[hornychz]

Hello everyone,

I'd like to show you my WeatherDuino too, today I put it on our house roof:



This is my TX (it will be TX0, i'm building TX1):



RX isn't yet on the final spot:



And this is my WD:



I use CumulusMX on the Raspberry:



Maybe if someone was interested in my sensors, this is solar sensor:



... and this is my radiation shield:



More photos from the construction of this meteo station will be in the future on my website Brandys/L Weather Station

I'd also like to thank Werk_AG for his kindness, patience and assistence during construction.

[uncle_bob]

Fabulous job!
That solar sensor suite looks familiar

[hornychz]

Fabulous job!
That solar sensor suite looks familiar

Hi uncle_bob,
I had a copy from whom ... But it gave me a big job to find the right e-shop
Regards

[werk_ag]

More photos from the construction of this meteo station will be in the future on my website Brandys/L Weather Station

I'd also like to thank Werk_AG for his kindness, patience and assistence during construction.

Hi Zdenek

Thanks for sharing those pictures with all of us. This is another great work with the WeatherDuino Pro2 system, very well planned and assembled. The box for the TX unit is a piece of art.
These pictures are even better than the ones that you had the kindness to share with me some time ago during the assembling.

I thank you for your kind words, despite I not deserve them, you did all yourself, even the possible improvements in the solar/UV sensor.

Thank you Zdenek

[zitoune]

Hello everyone,

After more than a year running and following improvements done by Werk, I decided a while ago to upgrade my weather station. Moving to a new place was also a good opportunity to change my hardware. Finally, some of you have build very nice systems and I had to keep it up!

So I started with building a new pole – well actually I do not have the right tools to work on steel, so eventually I found a workshop and brought them the specs I wanted: stainless steel 40x40 square section, 2.4m high, with a 0.8m welded bar at the top (to fix the wind instruments) and another welded a bit lower to support the rain gauge.
This pole was intended to be on my terrace – as the roof of my building is not an option.

Here is how it looks like before mounting:



Then the new instruments: I replaced all my FO sensors with the following:
- Inspeed E-Vane II Electronic Wind Direction Sensor
- Inspeed Vortex II Wind Sensor with MultiPulse
- Davis 7852 rain collector
- Davis 7714 radiation shield for the temp/hum sensor

I also added the Soil/Leaf Interface, with 2 Vegetronix VH400 sensors. I will add 2 Decagon LWS as soon as they arrive.

In addition, I replaced my TX and RX units and build the TX v3.12 and the RX v5.02. I kept my previous TX unit to connect the Soil/Leaf Interface.

A new housing was then needed. I wanted a clear door box (like the one for my previous TX in this thread) in order to admire at all time the boards ☺ I found a Schneider Electric IP66 rated clear door enclosure that is just nice and allows enough space to connect the antenna inside as I did not want to have an external one. Not the cheapest for sure but that was the one I wanted.

In order to connect all the instruments, I looked for waterproof connectors rather than passing the cables through holes, as I wanted to be able to disconnect completely the enclosure to work on it without unplugging the instrumetns.
The Bulgin Series 4000 are rated IP69 and perfect for the job. They are sold without the contacts, so you have to get them separately. They have this blue locking ring that ensures it is tightly secured.
This is what they look like with the Vegetronix VH400 cables:





I also studies the possibility to have a fully autonomous TX enclosure with solar panel powering, but where it is now there’s not enough sun each day to properly charge the battery – so I keep it as an extension later

The enclosure from the front:



The inside bottom with the connectors:



and the outside with the connectors:





The full setup now:







Follow on the next post...

[zitoune]

Close up on the rain gauge and the radiation shield. Note I have placed there the solar and UV sensor, but this is not their definitive place.




Close up on the two Inspeed wind sensors:



The TX v2.5 on the top left, the new TX v3.12 on the top right and the Leaf/Soil Interface. I have mounted the FD10036 on the TX v2.5 with no antenna, just a wire of the same length as the standard RF antenna.
All connections with CAT5 cable to the bottom of the enclosure.



One of the VH400:




And of course the upgraded RX v5.02 with its Raspberry pi3:



You can see all the data here.

I have made a quick video (looks a bit squeezed though):here

That's it for now! Next steps:
- Add two LWS sensors
- Build and integrate the 2.5PPM sensor to the WeatherDuino Pro2

Regards,
Zitoune

[hornychz]

Nice job, Zitoune!
Congratulations.

[uncle_bob]

Fantastic job there! Makes mine look rough

That nice transparent door need a LCD I reckon. Can you fit in a WD unit?