DIY weather station 0.1 beta

Weather station is network connected and gets all of it's power through a simple PoE adaptor.

Portable rain sensor sends it's data into the main unit via wireless link:

Weather station public homepage with graphics:

Weather station internal raw homepage:

Reborn GPS

This GPS is dead or I thought it was dead because it suddenly stopped sending NMEA data via USB a couple of months ago. Opening the enclosure and fiddling with the wiring and onboard battery somehow solved the problem. Now this Globalsat device is working again and is ready to serve as a reliable time source for my mounts.

Powerpoling everything

I'll give Anderson Powerpoles a try with my new permanent imaging setup.

Powering EQ mounts

Stepping up voltage a little bit from 12V into 14-15V seems to cure all problems with power.

GPS is ready!

Up and down

These low cost DC-to-DC voltage converters are a must in some DIY projetcs. The board on the left steps up voltage and the board on the right does it vice versa (steps voltage down).

DIY Weather Station

Next step in this project is preparing for permanent soldering. This time I feel myself quite lucky because I found several boards lying around suitable for  this task.