I hope I have the right group as I have no idea where I could post this question.
I was interested in building a weather station with a thermometer, barometer, rain gauge etc.
I was interested in building some sort of a connection from this station which would be outdoors to my computer where the results could be tabulated into graphs for each day of the year.
I would eventually hope that this info could be displayed on a website and automatically updated every 10 minutes.
Internet connected Personal Weather Stations are getting popular, apparently fairly trivial to connect to other weather stations out there and websites like Weatherunderground, so you can share with everyone. This is a good place to start for info:
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This guy for example has one in Woodford in the Blue Mountains:
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You can see all the ones around a local region at the bottom of the weatherzone site, like Sydney:
If you're really serious you'll also need a hygrometer, an anemometer and possibly a radiometer and UV sensor.
Then you'll also need a data logger and appropriate software.
Mine does all that, straight out of the box. :)
In which case there's probably far more rewarding electronic projects to cut your teeth on, particularly given the vast number of automatic weather stations already available at very competitive prices -- and far cheaper than the basic components needed for a DIY job. The economics would probably be similar to building your own TV set vs a bought one.
Mine's a wireless Davis Vantage Pro, which costs around $1,100, complete with data logger and software, but you can also get other brands with similar features, but not necessarily the durablity and accuracy, from around $400 (La Crosse is a popular one). Davis, also offer much cheaper models if you don't want all the features up front. Quality is uniform throughout their range.
Ecowatch, at Kilsyth, Vic, will supply a catalogue and price list on request. AFAIK they don't have a website
The weather newgroups are... alt.talk.weather... sci.geo.meteorology... uk.sci.weather
Personal weather stations are a regular topic on all of them. The UK NG is the most active.
I just purchased one from Dick Smith. A friend by the name of Andy Keir writes software for a few models, including the one I use so do a google search on his name for his website or Davis is a well known company that makes them as well.
Why does every ng have more than it's fair share of clowns. After all this is a ng not a bloody circus
****Well you could have fooled me!!! I thought you must have been the chief clown given that your statement above is utterly unambiguous (and has atrocious spelling) and yet here you are lampooning a perfectly valid response! Ironic,is it not?
** Every NG has more than it fair share of many things.
** OK - but it does come quite close to meeting the famous " PT Barnum Criterion " re the time interval that elapses between one wanker posting a pile of completely inane drivel and the next.
I can see you are doing your little bit to make old PT happy.
I got an old Oregon Scientific WM918 when they were available for just over $400 which has the computer connection and all the info needed for the tables and graphing. I'm not sure if the new u-beaut wireless one has a computer uplink ability though.
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