This Weather Board is an easy-to-use carrier board / HAT designed to simplify the connection of weather sensors to the Raspberry Pi. The Pi itself is ideal for building a DIY weather station; it has built-in WiFi for sending data, camera capabilities, and best of all, it can be programmed remotely – no need to stand out in the rain updating software!
But with just a GPIO header to connect to on the Pi, connecting weather sensors can be a bit messy – so we decided to design a board to make it a little more user-friendly, while still allowing for some choice in sensors. The board adds a 4-channel, 12-bit Analog to Digital Converter (ADC), breakouts for I2C, SPI, and Serial, an onboard footprint for the Adafruit BME280 (Temperature, Pressure, Humidity), RJ11 connections for the SparkFun Weather Meters, a connection point for the DS18B20 Temperature Sensor (with onboard pull-up resistor), and a spot to plug in a Servo motor. There is also an extra RJ11 connector that breaks out the three additional analogue inputs – these extra analogue inputs could be connected to a thermistor, soil moisture sensor, or even a simple CDS photocell.
Please Note: Sensors, Raspberry Pi, Enclosure, and HAT header are sold separately.
Features
Plug and play RJ11 connections for SparkFun Weather Meters
Plug and play for the DS18B20 Temperature Sensor
Servo motor plugin
Footprint on board for the Adafruit BME280
Onboard 12-Bit ADS1015 ADC
I2C / SPI / UART broken out
Compatible with Pi A+, B+, Pi 2, Pi 3, Pi 3A+, Pi 3B+, Pi 4
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