DIY weather station kit - tinkering and homebrew code
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- Опубліковано 14 лип 2024
- back in Mailbag Monday 112 I received this weather station kit from Banggood.
It's got an ESP8266 board and a handful of sensors, but unfortunately it didn't come with any software, so I spend far too long coming up with the minimum viable code to run it.
So, after all that time, let's actually take a look at the thing.
Links to my demo code:
(wifi_version) pileofstuff.ca/r/rpzuq
(display version) pileofstuff.ca/r/h70zk
AOQDQDQD® Weather Station Kit: bit.ly/3wF3QTK
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This isn't the only way to do it.
It's probably not the best way to do it.
But it's how I do it. - Навчання та стиль
I am brand new to Arduino and all things coding. I just received this kit, which did not include instruction or code, so your video is very helpful. Thanks for making this video.
Leave the LCD protection on until after you have the pins soldered. Soldering can cause hot solder or flux to land where it's not intended and may leave a mark that is a pain to clean (if it can be). As you showed using a breadboard to solder the pins works good just need to watch getting anything on the screen.
Always fun stuff to play with. I liken playing with this code to back in the days of DOS, but easier.
Cool kit.
Love the asides " If you just want to add to your collections slash accumulation..." And I'm dying over here 😝
I am still having trouble installing the driver for my NodeMCU board ... but hopefully I will get that sorted out and back to building this neat project.
The light sensor is essential if you want to get eclipse warnings on the weather station. Serious stuff :).
I was wondering about that thx
Thanks. Fun. Appreciated.
Very cool. I have everything there in parts plus others so can put it together. Might be fun,C thank you
you may not be a stunning programmer but you make jolly good video programs :-)
Gawrsh, you gonna make me blush...
Thanks. 👍🏻
If I recall D4 connects to an internal LED which would pulse whenever the DHT sends a signal. Looks like a good little kit, though I do prefer a DHT22 for slightly more accuracy :).
Thanks for the review.
Yeah, the DHT11 isn't the best temp sensor on the market, but they are "good enough' for a lot of basic applications.
I thought you were coding a home brewing kit from the title! Good vid though, ESP8266 for the win. 👍😀
Truly great kit for learning about sensors, web servers, OLED, and programming. Thank you for putting the video together. I followed what you did but the strange thing is the pressure reading will show 1247 and then 546 switching between those values constantly about every 10 seconds. Did you observe that in your kit?
My kit came in today!
I’m going to add Wx API and maybe try to get network access without hard code.
That way I can connect to multiple networks via my iPad at 192…..
ive added a big red turbo boost button to mine, its fucking sick man!!!
I'm a little late to the party but thanks for the video. I liked your simple code but I'm having errors with the compile. I guess I need to learn more about how to exclude libraries in the Ardunio IDE. Thanks for the content.
I just installed it from the arduino library manager. Search "DHT"
Great video, now make 10 of them and spread them all over the house!
No pins would have been damaged _in shipping_ if it came in that big plastic case. That pin was likely bent by whoever was packing those kits. Somewhere between module manufacturing and packing the kit.
In any case, don't bend it back with your finger but use pliers. Pushing it back with your finger usually still leaves a bend in it but pliers allow you to finely straighten it at exactly where the bends are.
are you still a virgin? or on the spectrum?
That's funny, I used to use KEEPOUT as my SSID. It's currently KeepOffMyWlan. FBI Surveillance Van is too cliche.
I do want to steal that
I find it a little bit funny that even with these tiny breadboards, they include jumper wires that are at least a foot long. A set of 3" make a lot more sense, don't they?
Or if they are going to include longer ones, make some of them male-to-female so you can extend the sensors away from the controller a bit.
Quick question, what were the libraries used for the code? bit late but would be great if you could respond
Hi there.. Great Video.. I am wondering if I am doing something wrong... Both Demo Codes seem to be for the WiFi version only, can You hook me up with the Display Version Please ?
Thank You.. Cheers with the Good Beers.. :)
This one says wifi version in the comments (because I'm a bit of an idiot), but it isn't actually wifi - it's the display version : pileofstuff.ca/project_files/banggood_weather_station_kit/BG_weatherstation_kit_display-dht11-bmp180-gy30.ino
sign reads "with software... that work... tinkering with ESP8266 weather station kit... basic par... " arghh i never got to discover the whole message. please leave the sign in shot more.
I'm going to keep putting longer and longer messages on there just for you!
@@pileofstuff Doh!
Thank you for this video and instructions. I have tried to download your code, but apparently the link is broken. I kindly ask you to check if you can help me downloading these files. Thanks in advance.
Thanks for letting me know. It looks like my web host changed something.
Here's links that I hope work:
(wifi_version) pileofstuff.ca/r/rpzuq
(display version) pileofstuff.ca/r/h70zk
@@pileofstuff thank you very much.
Hello from Greece. How can i find the scetch of the project?
There are 2 links in the video description
Excuse me. I mean the circuit diagram. I don' t know how to make the right connection of the parts.
What are the pressure units?
Hectopascals, which are equivalent to 1 milibar of pressure. .
Though since I didn't bother calibrating for altitude, they're mostly just relative numbers in this particular example.
The demo code that comes with the library has some examples with calibration and conversions to non-metric units.
@@pileofstuff Oh, it is the calibration. I'm used to barometric readings near 1000 hPa.
@@adam850 Yeah. The calibration takes into account temperature and altitude.
For simplicity (and laziness), I ignored all that .
@@pileofstuff I was wondering about the pressure also.... anything under 950 is a really, really bad day.
Interesting kit, I built something similar during lockdown last year, eventually tied it to a Node Red display on a Pi...I never did get around to the solar power supply for it.
aboot
No Music when you peel? So disappointed.
Gotta stay unpredictable!
To bad it's banggood. Lucky to receive the items you pay for. They will ignore any complaints of missing goods. Do not order from banggood they are scammers.
I have not to be honest had that problem with banggood, but I do have those problems with gearbest:-)
Way better to stick with Ali, yes... Also, don't expect honest reviews on BG.
Given that the kit comes in a hard case, bent pins are not shipping related but due to carelessness and to me, totally unacceptable. Also not having software provided is useless to most. Pick up your game Banggood.
unfortunately the code is extremely problematic to use, without the specific libraries it is not possible to compile the code, so if in addition to the code, you include the code in the libraries the problem is solved
The libraries should all be installable through the Arduino IDE library manager. Just search for them by name.
@@pileofstuff I already tried, but for some of the sensors there are several libraries and if it is not the correct one the code will not even compile