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From: lairdkb@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Kyler Laird)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Weather monitoring on my PC
Keywords: weather
Message-ID: <3288@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>
Date: 6 Jan 91 14:33:10 GMT
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Reply-To: lairdkb@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Kyler Laird)
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(Sorry to post, but I can't send to a UUCP connection.)

Hacking together a weather monitor should be quite a bit of fun (and
reasonably easy with a 68HC11...), but just so that you know what you're
passing up:

_Heathkit Winter 1990 Catalog_

Advanced Weather Computer			Kit	499.95
						*Assem.	999.95
							
	This has a nifty display and keyboard for standalone use.  Functions
	include wind speed and direction, indoor and outdoor temp., barometric
	pressure, day and date, min. and max. recording, wind chill and
	fog likliness calculation...

*assembled includes RS-232 interface and humidity sensor


Indoor/Outdoor Relative Humidity Sensor		Kit	 59.95

Rain Gauge Snesor				Kit	 39.95

Technical Manual					 24.95
					with computer	  9.95

RS-232 Computer Interface			Kit	 49.95

Advanced Software					 49.95
	onscreen display, stores to Lotus, Symphony, Windows(?), TSR

Cable						 50'	 12.95
						100'	 22.95
						150'	 32.95

Saver Package					Kit	599.85
	weather computer, RS-232 interface, humidity and rain sensors


also...

Most Accurate Clock				Kit	249.95
	receives from NBS

RS-232 Interface				Kit	 49.95

Software						 24.95


IBM-PC weather card and software			299.95
	includes boom assembly, monitors same things as weather computer above


I know this isn't quite what you were after, but I woke up and couldn't
get back to sleep.

Even if you decide to build around your own microcontroller, you might find
some of the sensors handy.

Check out Heathkit at 1-800-253-0570.

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Kyler Laird                  I'm  the NRA             ky@en.ecn.purdue.edu