Putting a Dumb Weather Station on the Internet
6 days ago
- #Mastodon
- #RTL-SDR
- #APRS
- The author describes their project to connect a cheap Temu weather station to the Internet and ham radio network using APRS.
- They used an RTL-SDR dongle and the rtl_433 app to decode the weather station's 433 MHz signals.
- A custom PowerShell script parses the temperature and humidity data and uploads it to APRS servers via the aprs-weather-submit tool.
- The script also includes functionality to post weather updates to Mastodon, creating a bot account for the weather station.
- The project demonstrates a low-cost way to share weather data online and via amateur radio, with links to tools and specifications.