SparkFun Weather:bit

2019-08-10T22:53:10+08:00

Vendor: SparkFun
Type: Shield with sensor/input
Price: 147.00

Measure barometric pressure, relative humidity and temperature readings, wind speed, direction, rain gauge and soil readings for the BBC micro:bit

The SparkFun weather:bit is a fully loaded “carrier” board for the micro:bit that, when combined with the micro:bit, provides you with a fully functional weather station. With the weather:bit you will have access to barometric pressure, relative humidity and temperature readings. There are also connections on this carrier board to optional sensors such as wind speed, direction, rain gauge and soil readings! The micro:bit has a lot of features and a lot of potential for weather data collection.

The weather:bit connects to the micro:bit via an edge connector at the top of the board, making setup easy. This creates a handy way to swap out micro:bits for programming, while still providing reliable connections to all of the different pins on the micro:bit. We have also included serial and I2C ports on the weather:bit for optimized connectivity if you so choose.

Onboard temperature, humidity, pressure and light sensor

Connectors for soil moisture and soil temperature

Connectors for wind speed, direction and rainfall gauges

Edge connector for easy micro:bit integration

Experiment guides

About the weather:bit

Installing the weather"bit package in MakeCode

Experiment 1: Reading the Temperature, Humidity and Pressure

Experiment 2: Reading the Light Level

Experiment 3: Reading the Soil Moisture

Experiment 4: Reading the Soil Temperature

Experiment 7

Experiment 7: Logging to the MicroSD Card

Introduction

We are almost done with our whirlwind series of weather experiments. In this final experiment we will look at how to log all of this amazing weather data to a microSD card using the OpenLog. ..... more