Micro Weather Systems - MWS
GOOD MORNING !
Micro Weather Systems - MWS
Who Are We?
Clint Lee
John Crankshaw
Micro Weather Systems - MWS
Why are we here?
Contracted by Design Co, Ltd.
Of
San Diego
Micro Weather Systems - MWS
What are we doing?
Designing and Manufacturing a
Compact Low Cost Rugged
Weather Station
Design Goals and Constraints
Weather Station Requirements:
Compact Easily Installed Extended Deployment 90 to 120 Days Low Cost Rugged
Weather Station
What Weather inputs do we monitor? Atmospheric Pressure Temperature Relative Humidity Wind Speed Wind Direction Rain Fall
Conceptual Diagrams
Solar Panel
Solar Panel Rain Funnel
4' 0.5'
4'
2'
2' 12'
Rain Tipping Bucket
12'
Flex Sensors
Drain Hole
Drain Pressure Sensor Humidity and Temp Sensor
Vent Slits
PCB
Batteries
Functional Diagram
MCU: ATmega644P Sensirion SHT15 Humidity and Temperature Sensor Digital 2-wire serial interface. Supply Voltage: 2.4V-5.5V Supply Current(Avg): 28A Citizen CFS206 32.768kHz Crystal
Memory Wind Sensor (Flex Sensors) Differential voltage output Supply Voltage: 3V Supply Current: TBD
Dallas Maxim DS1302 Real-Time Clock Digital 1-wire serial interface Supply Voltage: 3V Supply Current: 200nA
Rain Sensor (Tipping Bucket) Output TBD Supply Voltage: TBD Supply Current: TBD
A/D Converter
Processing Unit
External Flash Memory
IC Sensors Model 1451 pressure sensor. Differential voltage output. Supply Voltage: 3V-12V Supply Current: 0.6mA
Serial I/O
RS-232 Interface
Solarbotics SCC3766 Solar Cells x 3 6.7V @ 30mA
NiMH 1.2V AA cell batteries 3 in series.
Accomplishments
Completed Tasks in Weather Station Project Micro-controller Activities
MCU Selection ATMEL ATMEGA644P Serial Flash Programming via SPI bus. Schematic Capture of MCU sub-system Initial proto-board layout of MCU sub-system
Sensor Activity
Temp & Humidity PCA designed and Fabd Pressure Sensor PCA designed and Fabd Wind Sensor Mock up and Calibration Testing
Microcontroller-Schematic
Microcontroller-Layout
Proto-Type MCU
Wind Sensor Testing
Sensor Update
Solar Cell Assembly
Pressure Sensor PCA
Temp & Humidity PCA
Project Timeline
Budget Update
Original Budget
$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ 28.95 23.40 4.13 0.28 64.75 7.76 3.48 9.30 22.00 27.00 5.00
Current Expenditures
$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ 28.95 23.40 8.26 0.56 64.75 7.76 3.48 0.00 10.99 0.00 0.00
Commercially Available Parts: Temperature and Humidity sensor Pressure sensor Real-Time clock Crystals Flex sensors MCU Flash memory Instrumentation amplifiers Solar array Batteries Assorted resistors and capacitors Fabricated Parts: Plastics (wind sensor) Plastics (rain sensor) Assorted parts Housing: PVC Silicone sealant $ 231.05
$ 5.00 $ 5.00 $ 10.00 $ 10.00 $ 5.00 Total:
Commercially Available Parts: Temperature and Humidity sensor Pressure sensor Real-Time clock x 2 Crystals x 2 Flex sensors x 5 MCU Flash memory Instrumentation amplifiers Solar array Batteries Assorted resistors and capacitors Fabricated Parts: Plastics (wind sensor) Plastics (rain sensor) Assorted parts Housing: PVC Silicone sealant Total:
$ 2.00 $ 0.00 $ 10.00 $ $ 0.00 0.00
$ 160.15
Development Activities
Current Project Development Activities Micro-controller development activities
MCU Serial Interface code MCU RTC Interface code MCU Temp & Humidity code
Sensor development activities
Tipping Bucket sensor implementation Hall-Effect Wind Speed Sensor calibration and implementation Pressure Sensor amplifier circuit
Conclusion
Solar Panel Rain Funnel
4'
2'
Rain Tipping Bucket
12'
Flex Sensors
Drain Pressure Sensor Humidity and Temp Sensor
PCB
Batteries
Micro Weather Systems - MWS
Question and Answers
Further Inquiries can be made by emailing:
Clint Lee
John Crankshaw Or Visit our Website:
[email protected]
[email protected]
http://mws.sdsu.edu
Thank You For Your Time!
