Building and Hacking Your Own Weather Station (GBL87G)

Do more than TALK about the weather. Maybe you can't change it, but you can measure it. And once you build your weather station, the sky's the limit.

You can: share updates on your own weather Web site; create a smart sprinkler for a lot less than that fancy system on TV; free up your PC with a stand-alone weather station; protect against lightning strikes with a surge suppressor; and, take your weather station with you. Finding out which way the wind is blowing can be a lot of fun. The Toys include: 1-Wire weather station; sensors for humidity, wind, rainfall, barometric pressure, lightning, and temperature; weather Web server; lightning surge suppressor LED weather display; smart sprinkler timer; appliance controller; smart home thermostat; and, stand-alone weather station.

Complete instructions and code for these and other hardware and software projects - build them all or pick and choose!

Author: Tim Bitson. Published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd (UK). Paperback, 504 pages.