DEVELOPING A LOW-COST ARDUINO WEATHER MONITORING SYSTEM
Grade Level at Time of Presentation
Senior
Major
Agriculture, Food and Environment
Minor
Geospatial Technology Applications
Institution
Kentucky State University
KY House District #
4
KY Senate District #
4
Faculty Advisor/ Mentor
Dr. Buddhi Gyawali
Department
Division of Environemental Studies and Sustainable Systems
Abstract
The purpose of this research was to develop a low-cost weather monitoring system that connects via Wi-Fi for data logging and visualizations for use by farmers and evaluate the reliability and validity of data collected. The developed system is a kit created by SwitchDoc Labs and includes a microprocessor based on the Arduino platform. The system uses Wi-Fi for data transmission at the cost of being a less portable unit. The system was tested during the spring and fall to determining season differences, recording temperature, precipitation, wind speed, wind direction and barometric pressure and displaying data every fifteen minutes on Weather Underground. The microprocessor was powered by a micro-usb power cord, also resulting in decreased mobility. The data collected was compared with the KY Mesonet and National Weather Service data, but no significance difference was found among these data.
DEVELOPING A LOW-COST ARDUINO WEATHER MONITORING SYSTEM
The purpose of this research was to develop a low-cost weather monitoring system that connects via Wi-Fi for data logging and visualizations for use by farmers and evaluate the reliability and validity of data collected. The developed system is a kit created by SwitchDoc Labs and includes a microprocessor based on the Arduino platform. The system uses Wi-Fi for data transmission at the cost of being a less portable unit. The system was tested during the spring and fall to determining season differences, recording temperature, precipitation, wind speed, wind direction and barometric pressure and displaying data every fifteen minutes on Weather Underground. The microprocessor was powered by a micro-usb power cord, also resulting in decreased mobility. The data collected was compared with the KY Mesonet and National Weather Service data, but no significance difference was found among these data.