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:

clee@mws.sdsu.edu
jcrankshaw@mws.sdsu.edu

http://mws.sdsu.edu

Thank You For Your Time!