http://weather.union.edu Goals Structure Sensors Communication Server Senior Project – Computer Engineering – 2005 Union College Weather Station Brian Kruppenbacker & Jeff D’Alessandro Advisor – Professor Cherrice Traver Structure • Location: F.W. Olin Building Goals • Design and implement a weather station for the Union College community • Display current and archived measurement data on a webpage Sensors Temperature Relative humidity Barometric pressure Precipitation Ultra-violet Wind speed Wind direction Wind chill & Dew point: • Calculated based on the above sensor measurements Communication • Serial Communication via Ethernet using Quatech serial device server • Communication occurs every minute Server • Polls the microcontroller for data • Calculates the averages, highs, lows, and totals for every hour, day, month, and year • Generates current and archived weather conditions webpages http://weather.union.edu