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# Balcony Weather Station
A DIY weather station on my balcony that is hooked up to [Home Assistant](https://www.home-assistant.io/).
A DIY weather station project on my balcony. The data is sent to
[Home Assistant](https://www.home-assistant.io/) to be used as part of home
automation projects.
The source code started as [CircuitPython](https://circuitpython.org/) following
many of the patterns I learned in creating an [aquarium controller](https://git.sr.ht/~travisshears/sewa-reef-controller).
I have since switch to using C.
many of the patterns I learned in creating an [aquarium controller project](https://git.sr.ht/~travisshears/sewa-reef-controller).
I have since switch to using C for better performance and control.
## Capabilities
Right now the station is fairly limited measuring only temperature, humidity,
and atmospheric pressure. I have plans to expand the project to in the end measure:
- ✅ tempature
- ✅ humidity
- ✅ atmospheric pressure
- noise levels
- wind speed
- wind direction
- rain fall
- light
- Send data to Home Assistant via MQTT
- ✅ read tempature
- ✅ read humidity
- ✅ read atmospheric pressure
- read partical matter PM1, PM2.5, and PM10
- read noise levels
- read wind speed
- read wind direction
- read rain fall
- read light level
## Hardware
### Node1
Sensors:
- Node1: [BME280](https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/bme280-breakout?variant=29420960677971)
- [BME280](https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/bme280-breakout?variant=29420960677971)
- reads tempature, humidity, and atmospheric pressure
- [PMS5003](https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/pms5003-particulate-matter-sensor-with-cable)
- reads partical matter PM1, PM2.5, and PM10
MCs:
- Node1: [Raspberry Pi Pico W](https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/raspberry-pi-pico/)
MC: [Raspberry Pi Pico W](https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/raspberry-pi-pico/)
Other:
- [Weatherproof Enclosure](https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/weatherproof-cover-for-outdoor-sensors?variant=40047884468307)
Weatherproof Enclosure: [weatherproof-cover-for-outdoor-sensors](https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/weatherproof-cover-for-outdoor-sensors?variant=40047884468307)
_Note: I would not recommend buying from pimoroni from EU as shipping tax is huge!_