OT: Weather stations

[Fraser Campbell]

On Sunday 26 September 2004 21:46, Stewart C. Russell wrote:

> Systems that are cheap and can do the job include Davis Instruments
> <http://davisnet.com/>. I think that True North Power
> <http://www.truenorthpower.com/> in Lion's Head (near the big-ass wind
> turbine on the Bruce Peninsula) are the local dealers.

Thanks for the info.  These look a little nicer on the price front than 
Campbell Scientific.  Since I'm planning a trip to Tobermory next weekend 
I'll to stop at True North to see what they're up to.

> If you want more accuracy and reliability, you'll have to go for
> something custom from Campbell Scientific. These are absurdly expensive
> (esp. considering that their loggers use 1970s microcontroller
> technology), but they are good enough to produce bankable data for
> building $100M wind farms. You probably don't need this.

Nah super accuracy is not important, I'm just curious to build up some data on 
my environment.

> I've heard you can use the Davis system with Linux. Here's just one
> example: <http://www.joejaworski.com/weather/>.

http://www.weather-display.com/ claims to be selling software that runs on 
Linux or Windows for $65.  I prefer to just talk to my serial port ;-)

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