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Rain Detection
03/31/2017 at 22:27 • 0 commentsOn checking the Raspberry pi I noticed that the processor had become wet. A sure sign that it was raining.
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Wind Speed and direction
03/31/2017 at 22:23 • 0 commentsThe wind had increased by the time of the third measurement. It was obvious that the RPI was angled on its string about 45 degrees.
From this displacement from hanging directly down the direction of the wind can easily be obtained using the following table
Direction Pi pointing Direction the wind is coming from North South East West West East South North By interpolating these directions a more accurate bearing may be deduced.
As the wind intensity changed, the angle that the raspberry pi hung also changed. By plotting and measuring the wind speed against this angle the Raspberry Pi's sensitivity to wind speed can be calibrated.
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2nd Measurements - Light and temperature
03/31/2017 at 22:08 • 0 commentsThis time I took a torch...
PI processor glows brighter in torch light than it did in the dark, so its is responding to ambient light by reflecting some back.
On touching the processor I found it to be quite cold. This accurately relays the temperature currently in the garden,
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First Measurement
03/31/2017 at 21:00 • 0 commentsFirst measurement at Midnight..
Couldn't find the PI in the garden. It was very dark....
Pi must have been indicating the ambient light level as I couldn't see it.