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Micro Weather Systems - MWS
GOOD MORNING !
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Micro Weather Systems - MWS
Who Are We?
•Clint Lee
•John Crankshaw
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Why are we here?
Contracted by Design Co, Ltd.
Of
San Diego
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What are we doing?
Designing and Manufacturing a
Compact – Low Cost – Rugged
Weather Station
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Design Goals and Constraints
•Compact
•Easily Installed
•Extended Deployment – 90 to 120 Days
•Low Cost
•Rugged
Weather Station Requirements:
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Weather Station
• Atmospheric Pressure
• Temperature
• Relative Humidity
• Wind Speed
• Wind Direction
• Rain Fall
What Weather inputs do we monitor?
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Conceptual Diagrams
12'’
4'’
Solar Panel
0.5'’
2'’
Drain Hole
Vent Slits
12'’
4'’
Solar
Panel
Rain Funnel
Rain Tipping
Bucket
2'’
Drain
Batteries
Flex Sensors
PCB
PressureSensor
Humidity and
Temp Sensor
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Functional Diagram
Sensirion SHT15 Humidity
and Temperature Sensor
Digital 2-wire serial
interface.
Supply Voltage: 2.4V-5.5V
Supply Current(Avg): 28µA
Wind Sensor
(Flex Sensors)
Differential voltage output
Supply Voltage: 3VSupply Current: TBD
Rain Sensor
(Tipping Bucket)
Output TBD
Supply Voltage: TBD
Supply Current: TBD
IC Sensors Model 1451
pressure sensor.
Differential voltage output.Supply Voltage: 3V-12V
Supply Current: 0.6mA
A/D Converter Processing Unit
Memory
Serial I/O
Solarbotics SCC3766
Solar Cells x 3
6.7V @ 30mA
NiMH 1.2V ‘AA’ cell
batteries
3 in series.
RS-232
Interface
MCU: ATmega644P
Dallas Maxim DS1302
Real-Time Clock
Digital 1-wire serial
interface
Supply Voltage: 3V
Supply Current: 200nA
Citizen
CFS206
32.768kHz
Crystal
External Flash Memory
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Accomplishments
Completed Tasks in Weather Station Project
•MCU Selection – ATMEL ATMEGA644P
•Serial Flash Programming via SPI bus.
•Schematic Capture of MCU sub-system
•Initial proto-board layout of MCU sub-system
Micro-controller Activities
Sensor Activity
•Temp & Humidity PCA designed and Fab’d
•Pressure Sensor PCA designed and Fab’d
•Wind Sensor Mock up and Calibration Testing
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Microcontroller-Schematic
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Microcontroller-Layout
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Proto-Type MCU
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Wind Sensor Testing
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Sensor Update
Pressure Sensor PCA Temp & Humidity PCA
Solar Cell Assembly
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Project Timeline
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Budget Update
Original Budget
Commercially Available Parts:Temperature and Humidity sensor $ 28.95Pressure sensor $ 23.40Real-Time clock $ 4.13Crystals $ 0.28Flex sensors $ 64.75MCU $ 7.76Flash memory $ 3.48Instrumentation amplifiers $ 9.30Solar array $ 22.00Batteries $ 27.00
Assorted resistors and capacitors $ 5.00Fabricated Parts:
Plastics (wind sensor) $ 5.00Plastics (rain sensor) $ 5.00
Assorted parts $ 10.00Housing:
PVC $ 10.00Silicone sealant $ 5.00
Total:$ 231.05
Current Expenditures
Commercially Available Parts:Temperature and Humidity sensor $ 28.95Pressure sensor $ 23.40Real-Time clock x 2 $ 8.26Crystals x 2 $ 0.56Flex sensors x 5 $ 64.75MCU $ 7.76Flash memory $ 3.48Instrumentation amplifiers $ 0.00Solar array $ 10.99Batteries $ 0.00
Assorted resistors and capacitors $ 0.00Fabricated Parts:
Plastics (wind sensor) $ 2.00Plastics (rain sensor) $ 0.00
Assorted parts $ 10.00Housing:
PVC $ 0.00Silicone sealant $ 0.00
Total: $ 160.15
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Development Activities
Current Project Development Activities
Micro-controller development activities
Sensor development activities
•MCU – Serial Interface code
•MCU – RTC Interface code
•MCU – Temp & Humidity code
•Tipping Bucket sensor implementation – Hall-Effect
•Wind Speed Sensor – calibration and implementation
•Pressure Sensor amplifier circuit
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Conclusion
12'’
4'’
Solar
Panel
Rain Funnel
Rain Tipping
Bucket
2'’
Drain
Batteries
Flex Sensors
PCB
Pressure
Sensor
Humidity andTemp Sensor
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Question and Answers
Further Inquiries can be made by emailing:
Clint Lee [email protected]
John Crankshaw [email protected]
Or Visit our Website:
http://mws.sdsu.edu
Thank You For Your Time!