SparkFun Arduino IoT Weather Station

SKU: KIT-22636 Brand: Sparkfun

Whether you're an agriculturalist, a professional meteorologist, or a weather hobbyist, building a weather station can be a rewarding project...

$242.37 AUD, inc GST

$220.34 AUD, exc GST

Available with a lead time
Expect dispatch between May 08 and May 13

Quantity Discounts:

5+ $217.03 (exc GST)

Whether you're an agriculturalist, professional meteorologist, or weather hobbyist, building a weather station can be rewarding. Create your own weather station effortlessly using SparkFun's Arduino IoT Weather Station, seamlessly monitored through Arduino Cloud. SparkFun created this Arduino library specifically for use with our MicroMod Weather Carrier Board and MicroMod ESP32 Processor to allow users to easily record wind speed, wind direction, and rainfall data from our weather meter kit with reliable wireless capabilities.

The MicroMod Weather Carrier Board is a peripheral for the MicroMod ecosystem that allows you to create your own weather station with one of a multitude of processors. The carrier board in this kit includes two sensors: the BME280 temperature, pressure, and humidity sensor and the AS3935 Lightning detector.

Along with these on-board sensors, there is a 3-pin latch terminal & cables to add an external soil moisture sensor (also included) and a pair of RJ11 jacks to plug in the wind and rain sensors to connect the included Weather Meter Kit. To top it all off, there is a microSD card slot so you can plug in an SD card to log all that glorious weather data using the MicroMod processor of your choosing!

The rain gauge is a self-emptying bucket-type rain gauge, which activates a momentary button closure for each 0.011" of rain that is collected. The anemometer (wind speed meter) encodes the wind speed by simply closing each rotation switch. The wind vane reports wind direction as a voltage produced by the combination of resistors inside the sensor. The vane’s magnet could potentially close two switches at once, indicating up to 16 different positions, but Sparkfun have found that 8 positions are more realistic. It should be noted that the sensors in the weather meter kit rely on magnetic reed switches and requires a power source to make any measurements.

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Features

ESP32 MicroMod Processor Board:

General Features:
- Dual-core Tensilica LX6 microprocessor
- Up to 240MHz clock frequency
- 520kB internal SRAM
- 128mbit/16MB flash storage
- Integrated 802.11 BGN WiFi transceiver
- 2.7 to 3.6V operating range
- 500µA sleep current under hibernation
- 10-electrode capacitive touch support
- Hardware accelerated encryption (AES, SHA2, ECC, RSA-4096)
Specific Peripherals made available on MicroMod ESP32:
- 1x USB dedicated for programming and debug
- 1x UART
- 2x I²C
- 1x SPI
- 7x GPIO
- 2x Digital Pins
- 2x Analog Pins
- 2x PWM
- Status LED
- VIN Level ADC
- *Additional peripherals are available but are shared on dedicated MicroMod pins.

MicroMod Weather Carrier Board:

Barometric Pressure/Humidity/Temperature Sensor - BME280
- Operated in I²C mode. I²C address: 0x77
UV Light Sensor - VEML6075
- I²C address: 0x10
Lightning Detector - AS3935
- Operated in SPI mode.
2 x RJ11 Connectors to connect Wind/Rain sensors.
3-pin Latch Terminal to connect Soil Moisture sensor.

Weather Meter Kit:

Wind Vane
Cup Anemometer
Tipping Bucket Rain Gauge
Two-Part Mounting Mast
Rain Gauge Mounting Arm
Wind Meter Mounting Bar
2 x Mounting Clamps
4 x Zip Ties

Soil Moisture Sensor:

PCB Coated in ENIG (Electroless Nickel Immersion Gold)
3-Pin Screw Terminal (Pre-Assembled)

Documents

Weather Meter Kit:

MicroMod Documentation:

General Information:
ESP32 Processor Board:
- Schematic
- Eagle Files
- Board Dimensions
- Hookup Guide
- Datasheet (ESP32-D0WDQ6-V3)
- Graphical Datasheet
- GitHub Hardware Repo
- ESP32 Documentation:
  - ESP32.com
  - Espressif ESP32 Resource Page
Weather Carrier Board:

Soil Moisture Sensor:

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