On Saturday, September 14, 2019 at 5:35:45 AM UTC-7, Sean Jahnig wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm new here so if this has been answered before, please just direct me to > the article. > > I am fairly IT competent but i am not a coder. However, i can read through > tutorials and hack my way most the time. > > *A bit of background:* > I am a surfer and kitesurfer and i live in the UAE. We do not have as much > wind and waves as other countries, but if you watch the weather closely and > make good, informed decisions - you can can get some nice ocean conditions > here for surfing and kitesurfing... and it usually disappears as quickly as > it arrives so timing is key. Following the charts and being informed is > tricky business because there are not many accurate forecasting websites or > stations. Firstly, knowing that the wind/waves is coming is not accurate, > and secondly knowing if it has arrived is not accurate. Being informed can > really save long drives etc. so what i'm really hoping to do is to build an > affordable little station that i can install at a few locations in order to > monitor live wind (via windguru) and wave conditions (twitch, streaming). > > At our local kite surfing spot i have setup a wind meter and a webcam but > it is not an efficient solution. We are currently using a full weather > station and a separate mac mini just for handling the web cam stream. It is > not an efficient or affordable solution. You can see the wind meter here: > https://www.windguru.cz/station/1083 and the webcam here: > https://www.twitch.tv/kitebeachcenteruaq ... What i am really hoping to > do is build something smaller and cheaper that can achieve the same thing - > and also in a smaller package like a waterproof box so that i can approach > hotels and use a small footprint (and their internet) to have a little > station to monitor the wind and waves at their condition. > > I have been doing a lot of reading and i do believe the rasberry pi has > all the functionality i need. It is just the exact process of getting > everything to talk to each other that i need some help with. Also, because > i am funding this myself i really need to try and keep the cost down. I > only need an anemometer for wind speed and direction + a 1080p weather > proof outdoor camera. Nothing else. > > In my head, this is how i imagine it will work: > > 1. Buy an anemometer like - Davis Instruments 6410 > https://amzn.to/2kBgCTh > 2. Buy a 1080p camera, whether usb or ethernet. It just need to be > weatherproof and compatible > 3. Buy Rasberry pi and load weewx which will talk to windguru > 4. Setup the Rasberry pi with something like https://www.noip.com/ so > that i can access it remotely for maintenance > > Questions i have: > > 1. Can i buy only the anemometer above and connect it into the > rasberry pi (about $120) ? or do i need to invest in the whole station > (about $600) in order to have it readable by the rasberry pi ? > 2. Is anyone successfully streaming a webcam via twitch using a > rasberry pi? (ref - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ob-V1xI7c8I) > > Appreciate anything that can be added to my project. > > Thanks, > Sean. > > >
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