Building a Weather Station Using an Old Raspberry Pi

For a long time I wanted to build a weather station at home because I like meteorology and for the fun of doing it. So I decided to stop waiting and just do it :-) Connecting the sensors I wanted s...

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Building a Weather Station Using an Old Raspberry Pi

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For a long time I wanted to build a weather station at home because I like meteorology and for the fun of doing it. So I decided to stop waiting and just do it :-) Connecting the sensors I wanted something easy to attach to my old Pi, a Raspberry Pi 2 model B+, that would let me easily read the data from the sensors. The Pimoron's Weather HAT fit perfectly with what I wanted: Just connect it to the GPIO interface Download and install the Python library provided by Pimoroni Pimoroni has a good tutorial that helps you build it and solve some of the common issues. There are also other articles from the community that are really helpful. One good thing about this Weather HAT is that it is possible to connect a wind and a rain gauge. I don't have so much space in my balcony so I didn't get these sensors, but it is something that I would like to have in the future. There is a good set of examples to read the data from the sensors and display it available in the Weather HAT's GitHub. The Chal

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