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A project log for Solar Powered WiFi Weather Station V2.0

A solar-powered ESP8266 based Weather Station, which can run years without taking power from an external source

open-green-energyOpen Green Energy 04/19/2019 at 06:350 Comments

To use Wemos D1 with the Arduino library, you'll have to use the Arduino IDE with ESP8266 board support. If you haven't already done that yet, you can easily install ESP8266 Board support to your Arduino IDE by following this tutorial by Sparkfun.

Following settings are preferable :

PU Frequency: 80MHz 160MHz

Flash Size: 4M (3M SPIFFS) – 3M File system size 4M (1M SPIFFS) – 1M File system size

Upload Speed: 921600 bps

Library

Before uploading the code install the following libraries :

1. ESP8266

2. BMP280

3. Blynk

You can read thistutorial by Sparkfun to install the Arduino libraries.

In my earlier version, there are two separate codes for Blynk and Thinspeak but in this version, we have written a single peace of code. The user have to only comment out a single line of code for Blynk or Thingspeak.For example, if you are using it for Blynk App, the code should be as below:

   const String App = "BLYNK";         //  alternative is line below
// const String App = "Thingspeak";    //  alternative is line above

Cedit: I want to give lot of credit to Keith Hungerford, who have guided me to make this project more powerful. The software library for BMP280 is also written by him.You can read his Instructable on BMP280 power saving mode.

Note: Before using the deep sleep feature, Wemos D0 pin must be connected to the RST pin. This can be done by shorting the jumper JP2.

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