A journal of hobbies
When I was contemplating building a weather station, the part that I thought would be the most straightforward was measuring temperature. As reality often doesn't match expectations, this has not been the case. I am using a couple of DHT22 temperature and humidity sensors. One for indoor and another for outdoors. I found this Random... Continue Reading →
In a previous post I looked at an anemometer that I bought from AliExpress that was built around a cheap toy motor. I wasn't happy with it so decided to salvage the cups from it for use in a scratch built one using a bicycle hub. It's been an interesting project and had more challenges... Continue Reading →
I've wanted to build a weather station for a long time, probably for at least 30 years. Droughts are common here, and we rely on rain for all our household water. Our house is also quite exposed to strong winds. At one point a neighbour a couple of kilometers away had their roof blown off... Continue Reading →
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