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Portable Arduino Barometric Weather Station

In this video lesson we take you through the project of building an Arduino Barometric Pressure Weather Station. It builds on the last two lessons in this series. We measure and display instantaneous Barometric Pressure, normalized to Sea Level. Then in the lower portion on the OLED SSD1306 display, we show a graph of the barometric pressure over the last 24 hours.

 

Arduino Altimeter
Schematic for the Portable Arduino Barometric Pressure Sensor

Below we include the code we develop in the above video. Make sure to set the ‘alt’ variable to your elevation at your location, in meters.

 

Plot any Data or Graph on any OLED

In this video I show you how you can easily plot any graph or data onto any OLED display. We create a mathematical function which will map the raw data onto the screen. We demonstrate the function with a sin wave, but the function will work with any equation or data. This is the code which we developed in the video.

 

PyQt Essentials for Absolute Beginners

In this Video Lesson we show you how to create a Graphical User Interface to allow you to interact with your python program and hardware projects. The GUI can have buttons, slider bars, radio buttons, drop down menus, and many more widgets. In this lesson we show you how to install the package, and step-by-step instructions on how to use it. For your convenience, here is the code we developed in the lesson.

 

Arduino Weather Barometer

In this video lesson we show how to build an Arduino based Weather Barometer.  We will use the BMP180 pressure sensor on the GY-87 module. This lesson will likely also work fine if you are just using the BMP180 directly. We show how to measure barometric pressure, convert it to Inches of Mercury, stabilize it with a low pass filter, and then normalize it to standard sea level pressure. With this, our values should very closely match what is being seen on weather maps. This is the schematic of the circuit we will be working on.

Arduino Altimeter
Schematic for the Portable Arduino Barometer

For your convenience, here is the code we developed in the video.

 

Simple Client Server Project for the Raspberry Pi Pico W

In this video lesson we demonstrate a simple client server project on the Raspberry Pi Pico W. The Pico is configures as the server, and your desktop pc or laptop is configures to be the client. You will be running python on your PC. The project requests the user on the PC to specify a desired color. The color is then sent to the Pico, the Server. Then the Pico sets that color to ‘ON’. The pi pico is powered by a breadboard power bank, and there is no need for any connections to the pico. You can pick up the breadBoard Power Bank HERE [Affiliate Link]. Below is the schematic for the Server Side of the project:

LED and Buttons
Schematic for Circuit to Demonstrate a Client Server Example on Pi Pico

For your convenience, this is the code we developed in the video

Remember you must create a secrets.py file, and save it on the Pi Pico in the lib folder. You need to specify YOUR WiFi name and password in the file.

And finally, here is the code to run on the client side on your PC