New PCB-based weather station design

Published Nov. 29, 2023, noon by tom

I have upgraded the weather station hardware. None of the components have been changed, but the original, prototyped on stripboard, was starting to deteriorate.

This has now been replaced with a custom printed circuit board (PCB). At the same time I improved all the board connectors to JST types. The original 'Dupont' style connectors occasionally caused bad readings.

To finish things off I fitted everything into a clear-fronted case. This 'shows off' the inner workings and allows a visual check of some of the component board indicator LEDs (eg. solar charging).

I also moved the status LEDs onto the board as connections to case-mounted LEDS were always an issue with the previous implementation.

I'll upload information on the new board to the githib project as soon as I can.