Subj : Re: APRS Weather Stations?
To   : Barry Martin
From : David Smith
Date : Mon May 04 2020 19:32:36

Hey Barry!

 BM> 
 BM> Should you not receive an answer please be patient: the main poster here
 BM> is Daryl Stout and he is currently off-line; hopefully back soon.
Thats ok I'm a bit spacey in and out a lot myself. Every time I sit down to
my computer to browse the groups or tinker on the board something pops up
that catches my attention and my ADHD kicks in! :) I hope your doing well
been a while since we've chatted!

 

 BM> If it is '1-wire' you might want to take a look at the Raspberry Pi
 BM> stuff on-line.  There is a 1-wire option in the config settings and I 
 BM> did a quick Google and ti is used for low-speed data like weather data.
I saw that 1-wire connection on the Raspberry Pi. I was wonderign if that was
the same technology as the old weather stations or not. All my google
searches came up empty though its like all the old 1-wire stations just
vanished so I haven't been able to find anything about them. 

 BM> The Raspberry Pi (RPi) is a starting at $35 computer about the size of a
 BM> deck of cards; starter kits can include the power supply, case, ęSD 
 BM> memory card, etc. and the RPi at around $100.  Use your own keyboard and
 BM> mouse, connect to a HDMI monitor or composite video.  There are multiple
 BM> Pi's out there; ask if questions.
 
I've got a Pi 3 that I used to use for the BBS. I pick it up every now and
then and tinker with it. Last usage I tried was to set up a streaming media
player but I didn't like that so I think its sitting in a drawer somewhere
now. :)

I did look at some different options for setting up a weather station with
the Pi. I think I saw a kit you could build your own weather station but I
wasn't sure how good (dependable and accurate) it was.  Then I still have to
figure out the APRS part. I can't remember what that mini-TNC kit was that I
used back in the day but it was a kit that you had to sauder together. My
saudering skills were terrible then. (Maybe a little better now sice I spent
some time saudering model train tracks but still not so good!)

Dave

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