On Fri, 2009-11-27 at 12:35 +0000, Timothy Murphy wrote:
> Does anyone have experience of a weather station
> sending back information over the internet,
> preferably by WiFi but possible by USB connection
> to a remote computer?
>
Interesting question!
There are a number of ways to do this, but wifi is out I'm afraid unless
you have a dedicated linux box (this can be embedded).
THe easiest way is probably to go for a Davis weather station, and there
is an article here that details using a Vantage pro:
http://www.joejaworski.com/weather/
Other than that, the Davis site is here:
http://www.davisnet.com/weather/products/index.asp
If you like soldering, and a bit of tweaking, you could try one of the
weather stations here:
http://www.wviewweather.com/
If you want precision, go for the Vaisala station, otherwise the Oregon
Scientific stuff is not bad.
HTH,
Phil
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