Comment on 915 MHz Forecast: Rolling Your Own Offline Weather Station
MildlyConcerned@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
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- [Vinnie] created an offline weather station using a Raspberry Pi and RTL-SDR to receive 915 MHz signals from an Ecowitt WS90 sensor, which measures wind, temperature, humidity, light, UV, and rain.
- The base station features a weatherproof enclosure with a 12V battery and Raspberry Pi that decodes sensor data using the rtl_433 library and converts it into structured JSON for processing.
- The system includes a local weather model backend and dashboard, operating without internet, tracking sensor trends and station health via a custom API.
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