Looks like a real winner, could you also document its other capabilities.
--- In [email protected], Scott Miller <sc...@...> wrote:
>
> Here's what I posted on the APRSSIG yesterday:
>
> A quick update on my weather station project... it's coming along well,
> and I should have the first units shipping in time for Christmas. The
> pictures here show what should be pretty much the final hardware version:
>
> http://n1vg.net/ads-ws1-rev1.jpg
> http://n1vg.net/ads-ws1-mast.jpg
>
> The wind/rain sensor installation is temporary in this picture and I
> haven't secured the cables yet. The kit comes with cable ties for that.
>
> The box contains temperature, barometric pressure, and humidity sensors.
> There's a 1/2" port on the left side, covered with a stainless steel
> mesh, that you can't see in the picture.
>
> This board revision includes 2 megabytes of flash memory. At the moment
> it's only used for voice sample storage (it has a vocabulary of a little
> over 200 words for reading weather conditions over the air) but
> eventually it'll be usable for data logging, too.
>
> It's got a solid state relay rated at 8 amps for controlling radio
> power. In the pictured setup it's powering an old Alinco DJ-F1T and
> it's working great. It's drawing about 18 mA, but I should be able to
> cut that by 50% or more as I get some software power save options going.
>
> At this point there's mostly just software work and component sourcing
> to be done. Those 3.5mm pluggable terminal blocks cost $16 each at
> Digi-Key and they've been the biggest headache so far, but I've found a
> source at a fraction of that and they'll be on the way here tomorrow. A
> bunch of the voice samples have to be re-recorded (thankfully it's not
> my voice in the production version) but that shouldn't take long.
>
> Retail price should be around $150 (assembled except for the wind/rain
> mast) with all of the sensors.
>
> I'll be documenting a demo installation in the coming week, with a
> complete solar powered station in an ammo can.
>
> Scott
> N1VG
>
>
>
> Mike Zwingl oe3mzc wrote:
> >
> >
> > 
> >
> > Scott,
> > any update on this new weatherstation
> >
> > ADS-WS1
> >
> > .
> > I am interested but
> > I could not find anything on argent datas website
> > vy 73 de Mike
> > oe3mzc
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > *From:* Scott Miller <mailto:sc...@...>
> > *To:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
> > *Sent:* Monday, November 02, 2009 10:33 PM
> > *Subject:* Re: [tracker2] Ultimate birthday gift.
> >
> >
> >
> > Glad to hear it. 21 of the ADS-WS1 v1.1 boards came in today. Got two
> > built, minus the terminal blocks and humidity sensors that I don't have
> > on hand. Some of the voice samples will need to be re-recorded, but
> > it's getting there.
> >
> > I'm going to have to nail down the feature set for the first firmware
> > release and get it finished up. If I wait until I've got all of the
> > planned features implemented, it'll be May before I ship anything.
> >
> > Scott
> >
> > Jon wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > >And of course, everyone's going to buy an ADS-WS1 weather station,
> > > >right? =]
> > > >
> > > >Scott
> > >
> > > Yup,
> > > de John
> > > EI7IG
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
