IoT Automatic Weather Station
The All-Purpose Automatic Weather Station is an IoT-powered, cost-effective tool for monitoring weather parameters. From aiding agricultural activities to collecting crucial data for building climate change resilience, its applications are wide and varied. The station comes with an array of sensors and task-specific add-ons, ensuring it can adapt to a variety of needs with ease. Encased in a weatherproof enclosure, and paired with an efficient power system, it's designed for intervention-free remote operations, even in challenging locations. It offers real-time weather updates that are easily accessible via the cloud platform, ensuring that you stay informed, wherever you are.
Features
- Weather Monitoring Sensors
- Temperature, Humidity, Rain Fall, Wind Speed and direction
- Sensors for climate applications
- Snow Depth
- Stream water level / discharge
- Snow / Soil Moisture
- Snow / Land Temperature
- Solar Radiation
- Remote Connectivity via GSM
- Long battery backup with solar power
- 1 year intervention free operations
Specifications
| Temperature | |
| Technology | Bandgap |
| Sensor Range | -20 to 80 °C |
| Resolution | ± 0.04 °C |
| Accuracy | ± 0.5 °C |
| Humidity | |
| Technology | Capacitive |
| Sensor Range | 0-80 %RH |
| Resolution | 0.04 %RH |
| Accuracy | ± 3 %RH |
| Wind Speed (anemometer) | |
| Technology | Pulse Output |
| Sensor Range | |
| Resolution | 2 readings per turn |
| Accuracy | |
| Wind Direction | |
| Technology | Step potentiometer |
| Sensor Range | 360 degree |
| Resolution | 22.5 degree |
| Accuracy | |
| Rain Gauge | |
| Technology | Pulse Output |
| Resolution | 0.33 mm per pulse |
| Output | Daily cumulative rainfall |
| Solar Radiation | |
| Technology | Thermopile |
| Sensor Range | 0-2000 W/m2 |
| Spectral range | 300-3200 nm |
| Sensitivity | 7-14 mV/kW/m2 |
| Accuracy | |
| Soil Moisture Sensing | |
| Technology | Capcitance Measurment Method |
| Sensor Range | 0-100% VWC |
| Resolution | 0.001 m3/m3 VWC in mineral soils |
| 0.25% in growing media | |
| Accuracy | Generic calibration: ±0.03 m3/m3 |
| Level Detection (for Icecap or water bodies) | |
| Technology | Ultrasonic sensor |
| Sensor Range | 0.3 m – 10 m |
| Resolution | 1 mm |
| Accuracy | ± 3 mm |
| Temperature compensation | Yes |
| Connectivity | |
| Network | GSM (GPRS), LoRa (433MHz) |
| External Antenna | Yes |
| Server connectivity | Yes via 3G TCP/IP or Gateway |
| Range | 1KM Line of Sight from Gateway |
| Data Logging | |
| Data storage | 400 samples |
| Data accessibility | Online |
| Data accessibility method | via web app |
| Configurations | |
| Sampling Time | Predefined: 10 min, Minimum: 1 min |
| Transmission Time | Predefined: 60 min, Minimum: 1 min |
| Configuration tool | Hydrometry toolbox |
| (Desktop based terminal software utility) | |
| Enclosure | |
| Environmental Rating | IP67 |
| Diagnostics | |
| PC connectivity | Yes |
| PC connectivity type | USB |
| Power | |
| Design type | Low power |
| Battery Type | 2x 3.6v, 14 AH, Li-Ion, non-rechargeable |
| Battery Life | 1 year (at default configuration) |
| Solar Compatibility | yes |
