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Ultrasonic Snow Depth Meter
wurzelmac:
A dream comes to reality...
I always wanted to record the snow depth automatically - now this comes to real (I hope):
This is the test-location:
This is a close-up:
This is a view inside the magical white box:
And finally this is the magical bee that receives the data and gives it to WeatherCat via SyntheticChannel:
And this is the reason why I found out what I reported in this thread (the red marked graph & gauge won't upload for whatever reason... :-[ ):
Image removed..., issue solved. [goofy]
wurzelmac:
Without my son Simon this dream would have stayed a dream forever. It was not me that does the brain-work - it was he! [rock]
Blicj11:
This is amazing so we want more details. Who made it and where did you get it? What is involved? Inquiring minds want to know more.
wurzelmac:
John,
the whole construct was built by our own. What we buyed is:
? Ultrasonic sensor ( https://www.maxbotix.com/Ultrasonic_Sensors/MB7334.htm )
? Data cable, power cable
? X-Bee radio transmitter and receiver ( https://www.digi.com/products/xbee-rf-solutions ), there are macOS drivers available ( https://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm )
? solar panel ( https://www.amazon.de/enjoysolar-Polykristallin-Solarmodul-Solarpanel-CampingCaravan/dp/B076CGBNCP )
? Powerbank ( https://www.amazon.de/Poweradd-Pilot-20000mAh-Externer-Ladegeraet-Schwarz/dp/B00P7QM5UK/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?ie=UTF8&qid=1538467086&sr=8-1-spons&keywords=poweradd+pilot+x7+20000mah&psc=1 )
? My son Simon designed a uniqe PCB that handles the charging of the powerbank, the power for the sensor and the power for the radio transmitter (see the close-up picture of the white box)
? a wooden mast, attachment material that you can see on the pictures, too
To make the data readable for WeatherCat Simon wrote a python script that is accessed by AppleScript that is accessed by WC SyntheticChannel. :)
Cheers,
wurzelmac:
By the way, is there a way to set the custom graph to a user defined scale? Similar to the custom gauges?
???
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