I was losing the last light and had to get a flash light while connecting the last wires Tuesday evening (August 17th), but I have the TS-100 up and running. Without battery backup for now. I will fix that later. Adding this new shield to my setup has triggered a whole series of new tests […]
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Project Apogee part 3: controlling the TS-100
In my previous post I addressed the power supply needed to run the Apogee Instruments TS-100 fan aspirated shield in my setup. The next step is building a controller for the fan that allows me to vary the fan speed and read the actual rpm being achieved. The idea is that the controller can query […]
Project Apogee part 2: power supply
Project Apogee requires me to rethink the power supply of my weather station. When I start writing this, the Meteodrenthe weather station runs on solar power only. The Davis components have their own panel inside the transmitters. Other custom elements use 2 watt 6 volt panels by Voltaic Systems. This has been an ideal solution […]
Project Apogee part 1: fan aspiration
My big project for the summer of 2021 is adding a fan aspirated radiation shield to my setup. My primary shield – the Barani MeteoShield Pro – is a superb product, but a passive shield it remains. It suffers from overheating in windless conditions. Those conditions do not occur too often at my location, but […]