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Weather Station Progress is Progressing

The current iteration of the controller assembly

I've built a breakout board (on the left) for the Thermometer, Hygrometer and Barometer.
It will be outside the enclosure that will be housing the esp and battery which I may have to have some kind of heating for the battery It was built to be ran outside so it can be placed to have a more accurate temperature reading.

  • ESP8266 Controller
  • BMP180 Barometer + Thermometer
  • DHT22 Thermometer + Hygrometer
  • DS1307 Real Time Clock For Timestamps
  • External SPI ADC because ESP only has 1
  • I2C GPIO 8-bit expander cause ESP is limited
  • Digital pulse reed switch anemometer
  • Analog resistance type wind vane



Wiring schematic for the current iteration of the station





Close up of bits of the controller

On the left is a i2c gpio expander and just under the esp is an adc cause the esp only has one ADC built into it and I need one for the wind vane and battery sense.


The for now finalized anemometer assembly all wired and ready

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