I've been wanting to redo that bit for a while now. I took the speakers and analog audio amp out too. I never used sound on that Pi and was always worried about damaging a speaker while moving it from room to room. I'll repurpose them at some point I'm sure.
Ordered my weather vane and rain gauge today
Wind and Rain Sensors for Weather Station (Wind Vane / Anemometer / Ra – Pimoroni
And a PICO wireless pack
Pico Wireless Pack – Pimoroni
And some other odds and ends. Christmas stuff. I'll check it for defects etc and then put it away. The plan is to use a PICO to get the data from the sensors and then send it to a PI over WIFI. The only cable I'll need to run to it is for AC power hookup. That's the plan anyway. There will be a BME280 and a UV sensor wired up to the PICO as well.
I don't know if I have those skills. The plan is to save the data on a Pi Server. Then have my indoor outdoor weather Pi setup pull that data from the server and display it. Or just link the indoor outdoor weather Pi right to the PICO. Early days yet, lots of time to sort out a plan. I'll be a while just getting the PICO and WIFI pack setup and working. And that's not happening until after Christmas.
At one point I was just going to put a second BME280 outside. The Pi and indoor BME280 on one side of a window/wall and the outdoor BME280 on the other side / outside. Then a short cable between the two. i2c can do short runs. Now that I have the Wind Vane that's all changed. I have to go WIFI, or run a long cable and go ethernet or serial uart. WIFI means no extra cable to mess with so that's the plan. I likely won't be putting any up outside until the spring.
Hay Jack, might want to have a look see at this. Need Help: Pico weather station guide using the Pico Explorer - #16 by alphanumeric - Learning Resources - Pimoroni Buccaneers
Do you have a BME280 or BME68X?
I have the BME280 ,sitting in a box ,like the rest of the stuff , to be truthfull I dont understand any code ,as to what it does and hot to make changes to my liking , A long winter coming ,I'll get some things done ,I hope and If I dont get into it ,I'll have a large Pi Spring Garage Sale! I Started cleaning my Pi corner yesterday,started with stuff I collected thinking It would make a good Pi accessorie ,like speakers ,buttons and boxes,ect ect ,tossed out a bunch of junk ,Tonight I'll toss some more .
If you plug the BME 280 into your PICO Explorer the code I posted in that thread will run with only a couple of minor edits.
Change
from breakout_bme68x import BreakoutBME68X
to
from breakout_bme280 import BreakoutBME280
and
bme = BreakoutBME68X(i2c)
to
bme = BreakoutBME280(i2c)
and finally
i2c = PimoroniI2C(**PINS_BREAKOUT_GARDEN)
to
i2c = PimoroniI2C(**PINS_PICO_EXPLORER)
Then save it as main.py on the PICO. The PICO needs to have the Pimoroni uf2 flashed to it.
Jack, if you have all the hardware bits, for something I've made, I'd be happy to do the software side for you. Flash it, program it etc.
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