I have long been unhappy with the performance of the Meteostick internal barometer. Although the values it emits are usually totally acceptable, it tends to spike inexplicably multiple times a day. So, this week I finally came around to installing a new sensor, the Bosch BMP180. Its performance compared to the Meteostick can already be…
Category: Meteostick
My Pi Zero + Meteostick setup
I have been using the Meteostick in combination with a Raspberry Pi to process sensor updates from the Davis Vantage Pro 2 setup for about 10 months now. The setup has undergone some changes. Currently, I have the Meteostick connected to a Raspberry Pi Zero W. This has a singular responsibility: read the updates from…
Reading the Meteostick from the Linux terminal
Recently I obtained several Davis Vantage Pro 2 components. Since I’m not interested in using the Davis console, but want to write sensor readings directly to a database, I looked into the Meteostick. Even though the Meteostick costs around 160 euros, it is still a relatively cheap way to access the readings from Davis sensors. There…