What it does
InternetVane is an IOT wind/weather vane. Set and calibrate the InternetVane and the arrow will point in the real-time direction of the wind at your location. First, the arrow is calibrated to the direction of the magnetometer. Then, the GRPS Shield works with twilio and google maps geo location api to retrieve the GPS location of the device. Using the location, the EarthNetworks API delivers real-time wind information to InternetVane . Then, the correct, IRL direction of the wind is calculated. The arrow's orientation is updated and recalculated every 30 seconds to provide the user with the most accurate visualization possible.
How we built it
We used an Arduino UNO with a GPRS Shield, twillio functions, google maps geo-location api, magnetometer, stepper motor, and other various hardware. The elegant, laser cut enclosure is the cherry ontop!
Challenges we ran into
We were rather unfamiliar with laser cutting and 3d printing. There were many trials and errors to get the perfect, fitted enclosure.
Quite a bit of time was spent deciding how to calibrate the device. The arrow needs to align with the magnetometer before moving to the appropriate direction. Many hardware options were considered before deciding on the specific choice of switch.
Built With
- arduino
- arduino-c
- earth-networks-weather-data
- google-maps
- twilio
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