ELFUN Weather Project Setup at Schenectady High School

Weather Station Hardware

The weather station is built using 1-wire network components. The basic pieces were purchased from AAG Electronica. The lightning detector was purchased from Ambient Weather

• 1-Wire Weather Instrument Kit V3.0 (TAI8515)
• 1-Wire Humidity Sensor (TAI8540A)
• 1-Wire Pressure Sensor (TAI8570)
• RS-232 1-Wire Link Adapter
• 1-wire Lacrosse Rain Gauge and counter (TAI8575)
• Bolktek LD-250 Lightning detector
• A homemade Radiation Shield for Thermometer using plastic flower pots.

Weather Station Software

• The software currently collecting the data is Weather Display by Brian Hamilton.

Volunteers

• Chris Nafis, Russ DeMuth, and Maria LaTorre help assemble the equipment.
• Richard Serapilio, John LaPointe, and their team installed the equipment mast and ran the CAT-5 wire to the classroom.