Introduction This project is a simple weather station that serves textual sensor data over http. It uses a WeatherRack for data on windspeed, direction, gusting, and rain. An AM2315 outdoor temperature/pressure sensor is used, instead of the HTU21D-F. What we used Joining all of this together is a Raspberry Pi, and a WeatherPiArduino card. Using […]
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Learn how to make a weather radio with a Raspberry Pi. At 4:30 in the afternoon on November 15, 1989, an F4 tornado ripped through Huntsville, Alabama killing 21 people. It could have been much worse save for the quick thinking of the people running the after-school program at Jones Valley Elementary. They took the
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Ever wanted to monitor your city’s Current Weather Conditions, Carbon Footprint, Noise and Pollution levels? Do you want be a Climate Change Crusader or set-up your own Tweeting Weather Station and share your local weather conditions with the world? Meet Tweeting Weather IoT Station aka TWIST – a DIY, Open-Source Environmental Monitoring and Meteorological Data
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Tiny Board has been designed around LV8772 IC from On-Semi. This driver is capable of micro-step drive and supports 4W 1-2 phase excitation. It has Low on Resistance with motor current selectable in four steps. The board is equipped with unusual condition warning LED and input Pulse Monitor LED. It is most suitable for the
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I wanted to attach a knob to my Raspberry Pi to act as a volume control for my MPD based jukebox. Traditionally volume control devices are implemented with potentiometers acting as inputs for amplifiers. A potentiometer is a hardware device with a knob or a slider that, in a word allows for a variable voltage
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Here is a small mod I made for an OPTI-UPS VS575C. The ups has a serial port and works well with Windows, along with a serial to USB adapter and the Opti-UPS ‘Sentry’ software, the UPS can tell Windows when it has switched to battery mode on an AC power failure. This allows Windows to
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This is an expansion of my previous Ambient Lighting build. Take a look at it first: http://www.instructables.com/id/Build-your-own-Amb… This time I will add a new function to my DIY Ambient Lighting. Until now It only works with the Raspbmc software. That means that I can not add Ambient Lighting to my PS3 or cable TV. That
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Now everybody knows it’s way smarter to just pay someone to host your website. But what not everybody knows is that it’s way more punk rock to Do it Yourself. So what follows are some tips / pointers / instructions for setting up your own home webserver (which will burn a scant 2 watts) using
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The Raspberry Pi sounds like a dessert for math lovers but it’s really a computer the size of a credit card that has sold eight million units since its inception four years ago. Owing to its low cost (Rs. 3,075) and diminutive scale, the Pi has long been a tinkerer’s dream, with people setting it
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