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Tag Archives: sensor
Soil Temperature Probe
A soil temperature probe has been on my todo list for a while. So I decided to build one now along with a number of other improvements, and repairs to my weather station. The soil temperature at four inch depth … Continue reading
IoT Rain Gauge
On thing that is missing from my weather station is automatic reporting of rain fall. I have a manually read CoCoRaHS rain gauge which is more accurate than say a tipping bucket gauge but I thought it would be nice … Continue reading
Posted in Alternate Energy, Amateur Science, Electronics, environmental monotoring, Nature, Software
Tagged Arduino, CoCoRaHS, ESP8266, internet of things, IoT, rain gauge, sensor, tipping bucket, weather station, WIFi
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Infrasonic Microphone Part I
Another sensor planed for my atmospheric observatory is an infrasonic microphone. I have a design sketched out and have started on fabricating the mechanical bits needed. So what is an infrasonic microphone good for? The recent Chelyabinsk meteor was detected … Continue reading
WiFi Sensor Network
I have been slowly building the infrastructure needed for Otter Creek Research Station, my long term amateur science project. The basic concept is to have a variety of atmospheric condition sensors continuously recording data and made available on a web … Continue reading
Posted in Amateur Science
Tagged amateur science, citizen science, data logging, environmental monitoring, network, sensor, solar, WIFi
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