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Uno Weather Station

Yet another Arduino weather station. Hey, they're fun!

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Uno Weather Station

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Arduino UNO
Arduino UNO
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DHT22 Temperature Sensor
DHT22 Temperature Sensor
×1
Real Time Clock (RTC)
Real Time Clock (RTC)
×1
Generic LCD screen 84x48
×1
Breadboard (generic)
Breadboard (generic)
×1
Jumper wires (generic)
Jumper wires (generic)
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SD card shield generic
×1

Software apps and online services

Arduino IDE
Arduino IDE

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Schematics

TFM WeatherStation Test Layout

Code

Weather_v.7

Arduino
This is the updated code for my weather project. The code is cleaned up, debugged and in a working state.
// wrightmac Labs 2016
// Peter Hein
// version 0.7
// - note to self code is getting squirrely time to learn functions

#include <LCD5110_Basic.h>
#include <Wire.h>
#include "SPI.h"
#include "DHT.h"
#include "SparkFunBME280.h"
#include <stdint.h>
#include <SD.h>

// DHT22 Connection
// Pin 1   Pin 2   Pin 3   Pin 4
//  Vcc    Data    --      Gnd
//  3.3    10k     --       
//        Resistor  
#define DHTPIN 2
#define DHTTYPE DHT22

// Initialize DHT22 sensor.
DHT dht(DHTPIN, DHTTYPE);
BME280 myBMP;

// pin for the SD card reader
int pinCS = 4; 
File theFile;

// Quasi timestamp
unsigned long time;

//The Nokia 5110 LCD
LCD5110 myGLCD(8,9,10,11,12);
    extern uint8_t SmallFont[];
    extern uint8_t MediumNumbers[];
    extern uint8_t BigNumbers[];
    const int bckLghtPin =  7;
    int bckLghtState = LOW;

// High - Low Temps
float highTemp = 0;
float lowTemp = 999;

void setup() {
  Serial.begin(9600);

  // Setup SD card
  pinMode(pinCS, OUTPUT);
    // SD Card Initialization
  if (SD.begin())
  {
    Serial.println("SD card is ready to use.");
  } else
  {
    Serial.println("SD card initialization failed");
    return;
  }

  // Create / Open file
  theFile = SD.open("WTHRDATA.TXT", FILE_WRITE);
  
  // Configure the BME
  myBMP.settings.runMode = 3; //  3, Normal mode
  myBMP.settings.tStandby = 5; //  0, 0.5ms
  myBMP.settings.filter = 0; //  0, filter off
  myBMP.settings.tempOverSample = 2;
  myBMP.settings.pressOverSample = 2;
  myBMP.settings.I2CAddress = 0x76;
  
  delay(250); // allow sensor time to come up with new settings

  // Start the sensors
  dht.begin();
  myBMP.begin();

  // set the digital pin as output:
  pinMode(bckLghtState, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(bckLghtPin, OUTPUT);
   
  // Setup the LCD
  myGLCD.InitLCD();
  myGLCD.setFont(SmallFont);
  myGLCD.setContrast(60);
}

void loop() {
  analogWrite(bckLghtPin, 255);
  
  File theFile = SD.open("WTHRDATA.TXT", FILE_WRITE);
  time = millis();

  // Wait a few seconds between measurements.
  delay(5000);

  // Sensor readings can take up to 250ms
  float dhum = dht.readHumidity();
  // Read temperature as Celsius (the default)
  float dtemp = dht.readTemperature();
  // Read temperature as Fahrenheit (isFahrenheit = true)
  float dtfar = dht.readTemperature(true);
  // Compute heat index in Fahrenheit (the default)
  float hif = dht.computeHeatIndex(dtfar, dhum);
  // float hic = dht.computeHeatIndex(t, h, false);
  
  // Vars for BME280 Sensor readings
  int btempf = myBMP.readTempF();
  float bpres = myBMP.readFloatPressure();
  
  // Check if any reads failed and exit early (to try again).
  if (isnan(dhum) || isnan(dtfar)) {
    Serial.println("Failed to read from DHT sensor!");
    return;
  }

  // Print data reading to the LCD
  myGLCD.clrScr();
  myGLCD.setFont(SmallFont);
  myGLCD.print("TFM Labs Weather", 0, 0);
  myGLCD.print("Temp= ", 0, 16);
  myGLCD.printNumI(dtfar, 37, 16);
  myGLCD.print("*F", 55, 16);
  myGLCD.print("Hum= ", 0, 26);
  myGLCD.printNumI(dhum, 37, 26);
  myGLCD.print("%", 55, 26);
  myGLCD.print("Pres= ", 0, 36);
  myGLCD.printNumI(bpres, 37, 36);
  myGLCD.print(" atm", 54, 36);

  // Check High-Low
  if (dtfar > highTemp) {
    highTemp = dtfar;
  }
  if (dtfar < lowTemp) {
    lowTemp=dtfar;
  }
  // Project idea, add an LED to the board
  // turn it on if a max or min temp is reached

  // wait before changing screens
  delay(5000);
  myGLCD.clrScr();
  myGLCD.print("High Temp", CENTER, 0);
  myGLCD.printNumI(highTemp, CENTER, 16);
  myGLCD.print("Low Temp", CENTER, 26);
  myGLCD.printNumI(lowTemp, CENTER, 36);
  
  // Print data to serial using CVS format
  // for later analysis
  // save to SD card or ship over WiFI
  // Working on SD, only keepig for debug - REMOVE
  Serial.print(dtemp);
  Serial.print(",");
  Serial.print(dtfar);
  Serial.print(",");
  Serial.print(dhum);
  Serial.print(",");
  Serial.print(bpres);
  Serial.print(",");
  Serial.print(highTemp);
  Serial.print(",");
  Serial.println(time);

  // Write data out to the SD card
 
   theFile.print(dtemp);
   theFile.print(",");
   theFile.print(dtfar);
   theFile.print(",");
   theFile.print(dhum);
   theFile.print(",");
   theFile.print(bpres);
   theFile.print(",");
   theFile.print(highTemp);
   theFile.print(",");
   // time in millis since booted and started
   theFile.print("time: ");
   theFile.println(time);
  
   theFile.close();
  
  // Wait for it . . . 
  // Taking reading once a minute
  delay(60000);
   
}

Yet Another Arduino Weather Station

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wrightmac

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Network geek by day, apprentice hardware hacker by night, curious-tinkerer always, and Apple Fanboy since 1984!

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