Raspberry Pi Pico Wireless Weather Station

Raspberry Pi Pico W Wireless Weather station. This was written in Python and takes advantage of PiicoDev attachments.

Dependencies

Hardware

Requirement: Raspberry Pi Pico W or WH. The code is not meant for regular Picos and a Pico H. Get one from a trusty source Requirement: PiicoDev Pico Breakout board. To hook up the bme280 sensor, you need the PiicoDev equipment. Get one from Altronics: https://www.altronics.com.au/p/z6419-raspberry-pi-piicodev-expansion-board-for-pico/
Requirement: PiicoDev Cables. Get them at Altronics: https://www.altronics.com.au/p/z6597-piicodev-cable-200mm/
Requirement: BME280 Sensor. Get it at Altronics: https://www.altronics.com.au/p/z6581-picodev-BME280-atmospheric-sensor-board/

Optional and code not provided: Wind speed and rain measurer

Software

You are required to have MicroPython installed onto your Pico W. Click here to download a MicroPython uf2 for a Pico W.

Pip packages

• PiicoDev (pip install piicodev, or install it via thonny)
• Http server
• If you live in australia and want to get external features like forecasting, install weather_au via thonny or pip install weather_au

Installation

This assumes that you have soldered header onto a Pico W, and put it in the breakout board.

1. Install the required modules (PiicoDev, http, weather_au [optional])
2. Copy over as main.py
3. Hook up your BME280 to one of the ports on the breakout board
4. Run and enjoy

Rights and copyright

(C) Andrew's Abnormal for the code. All rights reserved. This code may be used in a production enviroment without any permission.
PiicoDev is owned by Core Electronics Australia.
Raspberry Pi and Raspberry Pi Pico are owned by Raspberry Pi Foundation in the UK.
Altronics is owned by Altronics (r/technicallythetruth)
I thank Tony Allan for the weather-au package: https://github.com/tonyallan/weather-au

Any Enquires: Email Me!