Thanks Pat, The SwitchDoc kit looks great. Was also looking at the ArgentData kit <https://www.argentdata.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=135>there's this tutorial <https://www.instructables.com/id/Raspberry-Pi-2-Weather-Station/> to go with it
On Monday, 19 November 2018 14:57:40 UTC, Pat wrote: > > If you don't want to solder, and just want plug-and-play options, then you > can check out the range of weather products at SwitchDoc > <https://shop.switchdoc.com/collections/weather>. This one looks like a > plug-and-play board > <https://shop.switchdoc.com/collections/weather/products/ourweather-complete-weather-kit> > > to a Pi. I have no experience with it. You'll want to read his blog, > product descriptions, etc. Because he does reference Arduino a couple > times, too. > > Otherwise your best bet might be an all-in-one weather station like what I > posted earlier. > > > On Monday, November 19, 2018 at 9:30:17 AM UTC-5, Barry Docks wrote: >> >> Thanks for the replies. The Sparkfun kit looks interesting and is >> available here in the UK. My main issue is connecting it all together. >> While I am a fairly tech savvy person, I am not up for building circuit >> boards, etc. - Are there any out-of-the-box modules for either the Arduini >> or RPi? >> Thanks >> >> >> On Monday, 19 November 2018 14:09:28 UTC, Pat wrote: >>> >>> A key factor to keep in mind is that if you put a Pi or an Arduino >>> outside, you'll need a way to weather proof it. That can be a DIY challenge >>> in of itself :) >>> >>> On Monday, November 19, 2018 at 8:50:47 AM UTC-5, Colin Larsen wrote: >>>> >>>> You could have a look at WeatherDuino >>>> >>>> https://wiki.weatherduino.com >>>> >>>> Great support from the author and community >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, 20 Nov 2018, 00:51 Barry Docks <[email protected] wrote: >>>> >>>>> Looking to buy some hardware for my son to build a weather station, >>>>> probably going to use a RPi with some flavour of Debian. >>>>> >>>>> In terms of weather sensors and hardware, to start with I think we >>>>> need: >>>>> wind speed & direction >>>>> rain volume >>>>> air temp >>>>> ground temp >>>>> sun - amount and intensity >>>>> air pressure >>>>> >>>>> Please can people suggest hardware that is both cost effective an >>>>> relatively straight forward to install and set up? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "weewx-user" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>> >>>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
