ELFUN Weather Project Setup at Berne-Knox-Westerlo High School

Weather Station Hardware

The weather station is built using 1-wire network components. The basic pieces were purchased from AAG Electronica. The lightning detector was purchased from Ambient Weather

1-Wire Weather Instrument Kit V3.0 (TAI8515)
1-Wire Humidity Sensor (TAI8540A)
1-Wire Pressure Sensor (TAI8570)
RS-232 1-Wire Link Adapter
1-wire Lacrosse Rain Gauge and counter (TAI8575)
Bolktek LD-250 Lightning detector
A homemade Radiation Shield for Thermometer using plastic flower pots.

Weather Station Software

The software currently collecting the data is Weather Display by Brian Hamilton.

Volunteers

Chris Nafis, Russ DeMuth, and Mat Decker helped assemble the equipment and run the wiring.