Is this also going to send weather packets via APRS in addition to the voice or do I need an OT1 interfaced to it i some manner? Excellent setup! Glad I waited to buy one!
Scott Miller 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:[email protected]> >> *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 >> > >> > >> >> >> > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > >
