Weather

All this actually started with wanting a temperature sensor for the basement where I keep my servers. I spent some time searching for sensors and the hardware and linux software to monitor it. What I found was either expensive, or very DIY. Eventually I discovered the Dallas Semiconductor's 1-Wire Weather Station

Linux Weather Software Roundup

Of course, I need software to run it.

Digitemp

For plain old temperature readings

One Wire Weather software.

This is a gtk/glade based application that handles the OWW station, the rain guage and up to 8 temperature and humidity sensors. It will feed data into Dallas WeatherServer Weather Underground and HamWeather

It's got a non-gui version hacked into it, but it could use a rewrite to split it into a client/server (plus a lot of documentation).

One Wire Information Server.

This is also a new project starting on Sourceforge. It seems to be stillborn

PyOneWire A Python module to access the Dallas One-Wire network via a serial port adapter

Jupiter One Wire Weather Server

Planned additions

Hub

Some smart cookies on the weather mailing list have designed a SIMAT iButton 1-Wire Hub to provide power and isolate the legs of a large 1-wire network.

Unfortuately, unlike when I was a kid and electronics were nice and big and easy to assemble, everything us surface mount these days. Here's a decent guide to soldering this stuff: NAVY ELECTRICITY AND ELECTRONICS TRAINING SERIES, Training - IPC Surface Mount Soldering/Rework Course

More Temperature Sensors

I want to drop one in my pond, the garage, my server room, and one in the main house.

I'm not the first one to drop a sensor in the pond. Check this out. To waterproof it, just solder the sensor to the end of the telephone cable, coat it with silicon goo, and finish it off with some heatshrink tubing.

Humidity Sensor

Dallas is working on a hygro I-button, that combines temperature, humidity, and light level. You can order an evaluation kit, ADI400-EVM, by contacting the customer service department.

GPS

Picked up some recievers super cheap.. A good time source. They do, however, need an active antenna...

http://www.micropulse.com/16400.htm

http://www.tdc.co.uk/antennas/antenna_gps.htm

Cameras

Web Cam Servo Project

Supercircuits, Inc. Your Direct Source for video, cameras, security and surveillance equipment

Bonaire WebCams - The Works - All the WebCams and Weather and UW Temperature on One Page!

1-Wire Resources

1-Wire Application Note

Sensors - May 2001 - 1-Wire Addressable Digital Instruments

Welcome to the 1-Wire Resource Center

Henriksens Humble Homepage - (Henriksens.NET)

1-Wire Suppliers

AAG Automatización Aplicada a Gasolineras / TAI Tecnología Aplicada a la Información

Point Six, Inc. - 1-Wire Hardware

Electronic Suppliers

BG Micro

Jameco Electronics - New and Out-of-Production Electronic Products at Value Prices

Digital Nemesis - Online Catalogue

Other stuff

TINI Resources - Home

About Temperature Sensors: HomePage

Current Weather at Chateau Gladstone, Framingham, MA

GOLDEN GATE WEATHER SERVICES- Wind Chill, New and Old

EarthCam - Webcam Network

whereonearth - GeoCoding Demo

Sensing and Control- Main page

Redwood City Public Seismic Network

Snow Measurement Guidelines

University of Waterloo Weather Station Homepage