I wanted to monitor the temperature, humidity and light levels inside my greenhouse, in the future I plan to automate the opening and closing of my doors based on the inside temperature but for now I just want to monitor the situation.
I soon realised that the easist was of doing this was with a TAI8515 1-Wire Weather Station, this will monitor the outside temperature, wind speed and wind direction, with it being a 1 wire system adding extra sensors was going to be easy.
I found a UK based supplier called Home Chip and after a short eMail exchange with Nigel I placed my first order. I found that the service, delivery and packaging provided by Home Chip is 1st class.
The day after placing my order here is what arrived: -
It took me around an hour to construct the Weather Station and after connecting it to my pc and installing the drivers for the DS9490R USB connector my station was up and running.
Here it is in all its glory, mounted proudly on my greenhouse: -
For now I am using Weather Display to monitor my station, you can see it here - Weather In Tottington