Outline
- Project: Open Source WIFI Weather Station System.(ESP8266 connected to Blynk)
- Objective: To get temperature, humidity, light intensity and even PM2.5 data around you.
- Difficulty: Medium
- Time-consuming: 2-Hour
- Maker: Ray
Instroduction:
- It can get temperature, humidity, light intensity and even PM2.5 data around you, and display those data on the screen.
- Upload the data to Blynk.
- You get weather information via your phone or send information to the weather station with your phone.
- The system is completely achieved by Microduino.
Bill of Material
Microduino Equipment
Other Equipment
Equipment |
Number |
Function
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Micro-USB cable |
1 |
For program download and power supply
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GP2Y1010AU0F |
1 |
PM2.5 sensor
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Screw |
7 |
Fixate modules
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Screwdriver |
1 |
Fixate screws
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Shell |
1 |
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Principle of the Experiment
This Weather Station can detect data including:
Get and Configure Blynk
Next, we'll learn how Microduino interacts with Blynk through the configuration process of the Weather Station.
Get Blynk Phone Client
Add Configuration Items
- You can scan the two-dimension code below to get Weather Station APP.
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- Also, you can make your own one.
- In this case, you can click the panel and call out WIDGET BOX, on which you can see many choices.
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- Add Value Display item and name "temperature" to display Temperature value acquired.
- Select V2 on INPUT; Choose PUSH on READING FREQUENCY, which indicates the temperature is sent from the Weather Station and the frequency is controlled by Microduino Client.
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The corresponding code at the Microduino Client is:
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void senTempHumi() {
am2321.read();
float sensor_tem = am2321.temperature / 10.0;
float sensor_hum = am2321.humidity / 10.0;
Blynk.virtualWrite(V2, sensor_tem);
Blynk.virtualWrite(V3, sensor_hum);
oled(sensor_tem, sensor_hum, sensor_light, sensorPM25, Sensor_etoh);
}
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- The setting of the humidity is similar with that of temperature; Set INPUT as V3 and send it through a timer function " senTempHumi()".
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- The frequency of the timer can be achieved by codes below:
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void senTempHumi() {
SimpleTimer temHumtimer;
temHumtimer.setInterval(2000L, senTempHumi);
}
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- Set PM2.5's INPUT as V6, READING FREQUENCY as 5s, which represents frequency of the acquired PM2.5 data.
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- The corresponding code at the Microduino Client is:
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BLYNK_READ(V6) {
Blynk.virtualWrite(V6, sensorPM25);
}
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- Similarly, set the INPUT of the Light Sensor as V4 and the frequency is to get value every 3s.
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- The corresponding code at the Microduino Client is:
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BLYNK_READ(V4) {
sensor_light = map(analogRead(A0), 0, 1023, 0, 255);
Blynk.virtualWrite(V4, sensor_light);
}
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- The INPUT of the methane gas is V5 and the frequency is to get value every 5s.
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- The corresponding code at the Microduino Client is:
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BLYNK_READ(V5) {
Sensor_etoh= map(analogRead(A2), 0, 1023, 0, 30);
Blynk.virtualWrite(V5, Sensor_etoh);
}
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- See "Button Setting" next.
- Set OUTPUT as V6 and MODE as SWITCH, meaning each time you press the button, you can switch electric level of the D6 pin at the Microduino Client.
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- For more intuitive data display, you can add one or more History Graph.
- Can be set as data graph displaying V2 and V3. (can achieve four data display at most.)
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- The second History Graph can be used for displaying V6, PM2.5.
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- Finally, your phone panel turns into this:
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Program Download
Weather Station Code: ESP8266BlynkWeatherStation
Programming
- Stack Microduino-Core+ and Microduino-USBTTL together.
- Connect Microduino-USBTTL for program uploading with a USB cable.
- Attention: Please upload programs before stacking all modules together.
- Open Arduino IDE for Microduino development environment. (Please refer to: AVR Core:Getting started)
- Click 【Tool】, make sure the right board card(Microduino-Core+) and processor(Atmega644pa@16M,5V), select the corresponding port (COMX) .
- Click【File】->【Open】, scan to the program address, click “ESP8266BlynkWeatherStation.ino” and open it.
- After that, please click the button "→" to upload programs to the development board.
Hardware Buildup
- Step2
- Assemble Structure-B1~B5 with Structure-B6.
- Step4
- Assemble the following sensors with Structure-B7, B8, B9.
- Step5
- Connect the sensors below to Microduino-Sensorhub.
- Refer to the picture below, stack all sensors on the slot of Structure-B1 and Structure-B2.
- After that, connect Structure-A1 and Structure-A2 at the top and bottom of the system respectively.
- Step6
- Complete the steps above, then fixate with Structure-B0 and plug in a USB cable. Congratulations! You just finished the buildup of the Weather Station.
- Step7
- You can see sensor data on Microduino-OLED after setting.
- At the same time, you can also see uploaded data of the Weather Station on your phone Blynk.
Notes
- Please make sure the verification code is configured right.
- Make sure your router runs normally, the SSID and password are correct.
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