With over 500 events in 94 countries, Arduino Day celebrations on May 12 provided proof of the popularity of the Arduino platform in the maker world. In our corner of the world, the Arduino platform can offer a low cost, and customizable means to augment commercial research equipment such as weather stations, provided you are not afraid to do a little work.
Please join us for a presentation by PhD candidate Aaron Thompson, entitled:
‘Low-cost DIY Arduino Weather Station’
An outline of the presentation follows:
"In this presentation, I will review a simple, low-cost weather station I built out of Arduino, Adafruit, and Sparkfun components. This proof-of-concept system monitors air temperature, relative humidity, atmospheric pressure, wind speed and wind direction and can be powered by batteries, AC power, or solar power. I will introduce the Arduino platform, review the components, outline the build, and log some real-time data. Finally, I will compare recently collected Arduino weather data with that of a co-located commercial weather station.
My objectives are twofold: to turn your imaginations towards the possibilities the maker world has to offer our community, and to provide some encouragement for those interested in getting their hands dirty."