Tutorial: Part 5 -Building a Solar Powered Raspberry Pi Weather Station – GroveWeatherPi

GroveWeatherPi

Tutorial: Part 5 -Building a Solar GroveWeatherPiPowered Raspberry Pi Weather Station – GroveWeatherPi

The Parts List for GroveWeatherPi

The Raspberry Pi is a fabulous device to on which to build your projects.    The GroveWeatherPi project is designed to show the capabilities of this computer while remaining accessible to a diverse Maker community.

GroveWeatherPi is a Solar Powered Raspberry Pi WiFi connected weather station designed for Makers by SwitchDoc Labs ( www.switchdoc.com). This is a great system to build and tinker with. All of it is modifiable and all source code is included.

This tutorial for building your own Solar Powered Weather Station based on the Raspberry Pi consists of 14 parts.

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The Parts List for GroveWeatherPi

No project is complete without a parts list. These are suggestions! There are lots of options for a number of these boards. If you substitute, make sure you check for compatibility!

Parts List for GroveWeatherPi – Raspberry Pi A+ or PiZero with Pi2Grover and Lightning Detector
Part Number Part Description Source Included in GPW Product Bundle Included In GPW Solar Add-on Product Bundle
Raspberry Pi Raspberry PI A+ or PiZero Multiple
Pi2Grover Raspberry Pi to Grove Interface www.switchdoc.com

amazon.com

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Grove Weather Board Weather Instrument and Grove Interface (includes DS3231 RTC) www.switchdoc.comamazon.com X
WeatherRack Weather Instruments – Wind Speed, Rain, Wind Vane store.switchdoc.com www.argentdata.com

www.sparkfun.com

amazon.com

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Grove I2C 4Ch/16Bit ADC 4 channel 16 bit I2C Analog to Digital Converter store.switchdoc.com amazon.com X
Grove OLED 64×128 I2C Display OLED display for Weather Station store.switchdoc.com www.seeedstudio.com amazon.com X
HUT21D-F Inside Temperature / Humidity Sensor Optional Inside Temperature and Humidity Sensor (Requires Soldering – Optional) www.adafruit.com X
Grove to Grove Connector Cables (6) For connecting from Grove to Grove Connectors store.switchdoc.com

amazon.com

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Long Grove to Grove Connector Cables (2) 50cm Cables for Grove to Grove Connectors For I2C Detector store.switchdoc.com

amazon.com

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JST-PH Extender for Solar Panel JST-PH 2 Plug Extender Plug for Solar Panels https://www.adafruit.com/products/1131 X
Solar Panels 330mA/6V – Two store.switchdoc.com X (3 included!)
Larger Solar Panels 550mA and up voltaicsystems.com
BUD NEMA Box 10 – 23/32”, 6-25/32”, 4-21/64” Weather Proof Box https://amzn.to/2bdNufd
Raspberry Pi A+/WiFi USB Dongle Raspberry Pi Compatible WiFi Dongle Multiple Sources
Grove I2C 4 Channel Mux 4 Channel I2C Multiplexer store.switchdoc.com

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USB PowerControl USB Power Switch store.switchdoc.com

amazon.com

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Grove SunAirPlus Solar Power Controller/Charger and Data Collector store.switchdoc.com

amazon.com

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USB cable – A/MicroB Plug between SunAirPlus and Raspberry PI https://www.adafruit.com/products/592

store.switchdoc.com

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Grove Dual External WatchDog Timer External Hardware WatchDog Timer store.switchdoc.com

amazon.com

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Grove Lightning Detector – MOD-1016G I2C Lightning Detector store.switchdoc.com

amazon.com

embeddedadventures.com

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DS3231 RTC DS3231 Real Time Clock (included with the Grove Weather Board above) store.switchdoc.com

amazon.com

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Grove AM2315 Outdoor Temperature/Humidity Sensor Encased I2C Accurate Temperature/Humidity Sensor store.switchdoc.com

amazon.com

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BMP280 Barometric Pressure / Temperature Sensor Included with the Grove Weather Board above X
PKCELL Lithium Ion (LiPo) Battery Pack – 3.7V 6600mAh Battery for SunAirPlus www.adafruit.com
I2C 4 Port Passive Hub 4 port hub – no active electronics store.switchdoc.com

amazon.com

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8 Female to Female Jumper Plugs 6 Inch long jumper wires Multiple Sources
1 Female to Female Long Jumper Plug 12 inch long jumper wire Multiple Sources
Hookup WIre Multiple Sources
Silicon Caulking for Sealing Holes Multiple Sources
Velcro for attaching Boards to NEMA Box Multiple Sources
Screws and Bolts for attaching the 3D Printed Parts Multiple Sources

 

GroveWeatherPi Discounted Part Bundles Available from SwitchDoc Labs

For convenience, we have bundled the parts that we produce or have good sources for and have these bundles available for sale on store.switchdoc.com

 

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