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Weather Station for our Friends in Africa
Current partners: Uganda, Benin, Ghana
Idea
We build our own data loggers based on ESP32. Data transmission is done via Wifi, Cellular Network or LoRaWAN.
Sensors
An initial set of sensors:
Tipping Bucket Rain Gauge
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| UICPAL Sensors |
| Data Sheet: rs-yl-n01-5.pdf |
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| Inside of the Rain Gauge and PCB |
Current Consumption
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| The current consumption of the rain gauge with 5V supply voltage is around 3.5mA on average. The two spikes in the screenshot are caused by the bucket tipping. The oscillation in the voltage is caused by a blinking LED on the PCB. |
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| Reading data from it increases the current to around 25mA for 60ms. |
Wind Velocity (Anemometer)
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| UICPAL Sensors |
| Data Sheet: pr-3000-fsjt-n01.pdf |
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Wind Direction
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| UICPAL Sensors |
| Data Sheet: pr-3000-fxjt-n01.pdf |
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Air Temperature
- PT100 (best)
- DS18B20