Building Wind Wane
Wind Speed and Wind Directions are two important properties of Wind, thus it is important to know both. Wind Direction tell us where the wind is blowing from and is measured in degrees, with true north being the reference point of 0 degree.
The device which gives wind direction is known as Wind Vane.
The challenge is to build an electronic Wind Vane which will tells you the direction of wind blowing from and update it on IoT Server.
Explore more about Wind Vane below
A wind vane, weather vane, or weathercock is an instrument used for showing the direction of the wind. It is typically used as an architectural ornament to the highest point of a building. The word vane comes from the Old English word fana, meaning "flag".
Although partly functional, wind vanes are generally decorative, often featuring the traditional cockerel design with letters indicating the points of the compass. Other common motifs include ships, arrows, and horses. Not all wind vanes have ...
Challenge 1: To Build Wind Vane and Measure Wind Direction.
The picture shown below is one type of wind vane.
Complete the following challenge to build Wind Vane
Build a rotating mechanism to point wind direction.
Connect a sensor to rotating mechanism in order to get electrical signal output whenever wind makes it rotate.
Connect the sensor to Arduino
Write a program to measure the electrical signal, map it to wind direction and display it on arduino serial monitor.
How do you correlate your acctual wind direction.
Challenge 2: Send Wind vane data to IoT Server.
The pictures shown below displays the readings of Wind Vane through Widgets on the dashboard created in iot.metastudio.org
At first use your account credential to log on iot.metastudio.org .
On Dashboard use graphs and other widgets to display this data.
Report your work done and achievements through pictures, messages and videos.
While you are making whatever questions you have, whenever you need help, do not hesitate to ask by replying to this topic.
This project depending on your experience may take from 3 days to 2 weeks.
Some References to know more about how to get things done
Accurate Wireless Weather Vane: This wireless weather vane has some unique features- wind direction with a simple, economical, and accurate absolute encoder. Some consumer weather stations Comparison have a limited wind direction resolution of 22.5...
UPDATED 09/08/2016. Following on from the last project, where I broadcast NMEA GPS data to iSailor, I wanted to send wind measurements as well. The mast in my Westsail 32 was out, and it was a perf…
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Q. Where will the pointer of wind vane point ???
Ans. The pointer will point in the same direction for eg :- if the wind is coming from the North direction the pointer will also point towards North.
Because the point of the pointer is sharp which will cut the air due to its sharpness.
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Yugh23
(Yugh Baid)
July 22, 2019, 6:41am
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Making our project of a rough design of a wind vane
@akshay
@yugh
@yunayveer
@jeewal
@akshat
Topic-weather station-wind vane
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Yugh23
(Yugh Baid)
July 22, 2019, 7:15am
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Going to the next stage
We are now making it electronic
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Yugh23
(Yugh Baid)
July 22, 2019, 7:44am
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You guys are awesome, keep experimenting
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Good guys, you consistently working for improving your design. Highly active design thinking with perseverance.
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ravi312
(Ravi)
July 23, 2019, 3:25am
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If you are starting with Arduino,
these link might be useful
For installation
Before you start, you all need to install the IDE
For installing arduino on linux:
For installing arduino on windows:
https://www.arduino.cc/en/guide/windows
Project 1
https://www.arduino.cc/en/tutorial/blink
Project 2
making a smart light using led and ldr
https://create.arduino.cc/projecthub/amar-slik/turn-on-and-off-led-by-ldr-toggle-ldr-2e3502
Project 3
Once you complete the basics, you can try the register the following small project to make yourself familiar with the hall effect sensor
https://create.arduino.cc/projecthub/andriy-baranov/fidget-spinner-rpm-counter-253ac0
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Yunay7
(Yunay)
July 23, 2019, 3:31am
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Thank you sir for the links they are a great help
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Ankita1
(Ankita Sharma)
July 23, 2019, 5:49am
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After understanding the arduino circuit connections, working on the circuit connections of ot with sensor
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