BreezeDude

An Open source low power FANET wind sensor.

Map of almost all wind stations: breezedude.de

For more info and documentation see the Wiki and also Discussion

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A low cost FANET wind station using Ecowitt WS80/WS85 ultrasonic or DAVIS 6410 analog sensor.
USB MSC Settings file and Drag&Drop Firmware upgrade.

• Wind sensor: Ecowitt WS80/WS85 or analog with reed/potentiometer (e.g. DAVIS 6410)
• Barometric pressure sensor: HP303B, BMP280, BMP3xx or SPL06-001
• LoRa module: RFM95W (SX1276), G-NiceRF SX1262, LLCC68
• Antenna connector: SMA
• Microcontroller: SAMD21
• Connectivity: USB-C, I2C, 2x UART
• Battery: 1S Li-Ion 16340 750mAh (or 1-3x 18650 external)
• Solar: 5V
• PCB Size: 53x22mm

Currently using a 60x60 5V solar panel.
Avg. power consumption at 40s send interval @3.7V battery: <1mA with analog sensor, 1.22mA with WS85, 2.22mA with WS80

Based on SMAD21 using adafruits samd core and itsybitsy M0 variant definitions and bootloader.

Related projects and inspiration:

• https://github.com/gereic/GXAirCom
• https://github.com/jgromes/RadioLib
• https://github.com/3s1d/fanet-stm32

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