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SparkFun MicroMod Weather Carrier Board
The MicroMod Weather Carrier Board is a peripheral for the MicroMod ecosystem that allows you to create your own weather station with one of a multitude of processors. The carrier board includes three sensors: the BME280 temperature, pressure and humidity sensor, the VEML6075 UV sensor and the AS3935 Lightning detector.
Along with these on-board sensors there is a 3-pin latch terminal to add an external soil moisture sensor as well as a pair RJ11 jacks to plug in the wind and rain sensors included with our Weather Meter Kit. To top it all off there is a microSD card slot so you can plug in an SD card to log all of that glorious weather data using the MicroMod processor of your choosing!
MicroMod is a modular interface ecosystem that connects a microcontroller “processor board” to various “carrier board” peripherals. Utilizing the M.2 standard, the MicroMod standard is designed to easily swap out processors on the fly. Pair a specialized carrier board for the project you need with your choice of compatible processor!
- Barometric Pressure/Humidity/Temperature Sensor - BME280
- Operated in I2C mode. I2C address: 0x77
- UV Light Sensor - VEML6075
- I2C address: 0x10
- Lightning Detector - AS3935
- Operated in SPI mode.
- 2 x RJ11 Connectors to connect Wind/Rain sensors.
- 3-pin Latch Terminal to connect Soil Moisture sensor.
MicroMod Weather Carrier Board Documentation:
- Schematic
- Eagle Files
- Hookup Guide
- Board Dimensions
- Hardware GitHub Repo
- BME280 Datasheet (PDF)
- VEML6075 Datasheet
- AS3935 Datasheet
Weather Carrier Board Sensor Arduino Libraries:
MicroMod Documentation:
SparkFun MicroMod Weather Carrier Board Product Help and Resources
MicroMod Weather Carrier Board Hookup Guide
January 14, 2021
A quick guide to help to create your own MicroMod weather station using the MicroMod Weather Carrier Board and Processor of your choice.
MicroMod nRF52840 Processor Hookup Guide
January 14, 2021
Get started with the MicroMod nRF52840 Processor following this guide.
MicroMod STM32 Processor Hookup Guide
May 13, 2021
Get started with the MicroMod Ecosystem and the STM32 Processor Board!
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Not all sensors are the same...
I've been trying to use the MicroMod Weather Carrier Board with the sensors from a Holman weather station https://www.holmanindustries.com.au/product/aspect-wireless-data-centre-weather-station/
No matter what I did I could not get the anemometer to give a resistance output, either with the MicroMod Weather Carrier Board or directly with a multimeter. The wind speed sensor seemed to work, but didn't seem to be the right resistance for a reed relay.
So I pulled the sensors apart to have a look. From the outside, the anemometer looks identical to the one you sell, but the Holman sensors are now active. Photo of the anemometer internals: https://i.postimg.cc/Qx9thy4p/Holman-weather-station-anemometer.jpg
The 4 wire interface for this version is:
not connected
Vdd - 3.3v
DATA - Wind Direction output
anemometer pulse
GND
not connected
Obviously this sensor array does not work with your board :-(
Update: This sensor array has a serial data stream from the anemometer, protocol currently unknown. https://i.postimg.cc/QMXK8qWh/Holman-weather-station-wind-direction-protocol.jpg
Anyone try this with the XA1110 (Qwiic) GPS? I cannot seem to get it to read GPS data even though it "sees" the module.
Gaaack!
The MicroMod Weather Carrier Board is a PERIPHERAL, not a periphery!
s/periphery/peripheral/g
Thanks.
Fixed! I can't believe that was missed. Thanks for catching!
Been waiting for a Weather Board that works with Artemis, thank you!
Can you add to the Hookup Guide details about using an analog capacitive soil moisture sensor (such as DFRobot's Gravity Soil Moisture Probe dfrobot.com/product-2054.html my goto soil sensor these days) via the latch terminals G0/Bus0 and A0?
Better yet for V2 of the Weather Board is adding a jumper that bypasses the micromod connector to provide power directly from the voltage regulator to the latch terminal instead of G0/Bus0.