Weather
Monitor your environment and log it to the cloud by building your own personal weather station! Or pull data from a server to check out the forecast in your area. Check out the following tutorials to start reading temperature, humidity, pressure, UV, ambient light, hazardous gases, water levels, wind speed and direction, soil moisture, TVOC, eCO2, and even lightning in your environment!
TMP102 Digital Temperature Sensor Hookup Guide
How to connect and use the SparkFun Digital Temperature Sensor Breakout - TMP102 with an Arduino.
Qwiic Pressure Sensor (BMP581) Hookup Guide
Get started with the SparkFun Pressure Sensor - BMP581 (Qwiic) following this Hookup Guide
SparkFun Indoor Air Quality Sensor - ENS160 (Qwiic) Hookup Guide
Is your air safe? Check your eCO2, TVOC, and AQI levels with the new SparkFun Indoor Air Quality Sensor - ENS160!
Qwiic Atmospheric Sensor (BME280) Hookup Guide
Measure temperature, humidity, barometric pressure with the SparkFun Atmospheric Sensor Breakout BME280 (Qwiic).
Arduino Weather Shield Hookup Guide V12
Read humidity, pressure and luminosity quickly and easily. Add wind speed, direction and rain gauge for full weather station capabilities.
SparkFun gator:soil Hookup Guide
The gator:soil is analog soil moisture sensor. This tutorial will get you started using the gator:soil with the micro:bit platform.
SparkFun gator:environment Hookup Guide
The gator:environment combines two I2C sensors for temperature, humidity, pressure, eCO2, and eTVOC values. This tutorial will get you started using the gator:environment with the micro:bit platform.
SparkFun gator:UV Hookup Guide
The gator:UV is an I2C based UV sensor. This tutorial will get you started using the gator:UV with the micro:bit platform.
SparkFun gator:particle Hookup Guide
The gator:particle is an I2C heart-rate monitor and pulse oximeter that can be used as a particle sensor. This tutorial will get you started using the gator:particle with the micro:bit platform.
SparkFun Thing Plus - NINA-B306 Hookup Guide
A quick guide to get started using the SparkFun Thing Plus - NINA-B306. This Thing Plus is loaded with the Arm Cortex-M4 processor in the NINA-B306 along with on-board motion and environmental sensors in the ISM330DHCX 6DoF and BME280 pressure and temperature sensor.
Weather Meter Hookup Guide
How to assemble your very own weather meter!
MicroMod Weather Carrier Board Hookup Guide
A quick guide to help to create your own MicroMod weather station using the MicroMod Weather Carrier Board and Processor of your choice.
micro:climate Kit Experiment Guide
A weather station kit that is built on top of the inexpensive, easy-to-use micro:bit and Microsoft MakeCode.
Wireless Remote Weather Station with micro:bit
Monitor the weather without being exposed to it through wireless communication between two micro:bits using the radio blocks! This is useful if your weather station is installed in a location that is difficult to retrieve data from the OpenLog. We will also explore a few different ways to send and receive data.
Qwiic Digital Indoor Thermometer
Qwiic-ly build a digital indoor thermometer to measure the ambient temperature of the room and display it using an OLED on an I2C bus!
SparkFun Absolute Digital Barometer - LPS28DFW (Qwiic) Hookup Guide
Get started adding water-resistant pressure sensing using the SparkFun Absolute Digital Barometer - LPS28DFW (Qwiic) following this guide.
Qwiic Kit for Raspberry Pi V2 Hookup Guide
Get started with the SGP40, BME280, VCNL4040, and microOLED via I2C using the Qwiic system and Python on a Raspberry Pi! Measure VOC Index, light, temperature, humidity, and pressure from the environment. Then display them on the microOLED, serial terminal, or the cloud with Cayenne!
CCS811/BME280 (Qwiic) Environmental Combo Breakout Hookup Guide
Sense various environmental conditions such as temperature, humidity, barometric pressure, eCO2 and tVOCs with the CCS811 and BME280 combo breakout board.
Qwiic Pressure Sensor (BMP384) Hookup Guide
Get started with the SparkFun Pressure Sensor - BMP384 (Qwiic) following this guide.
Artemis Global Tracker Hookup Guide
The SparkFun Artemis Global Tracker combines the Artemis processor with an Iridium 9603N satellite transceiver, ZOE-M8Q GNSS transceiver, and MS8607 PHT sensor. With a clear view of the sky, this board allows you to send and receive short data messages from anywhere in the world including remote locations far beyond the reach of WiFi and GSM networks. Follow this guide to get started with the Artemis Global Tracker.
LoRaSerial Hookup Guide
Simple serial over LoRa!
SparkFun Environmental Sensor Breakout - BME68x (Qwiic) Hookup Guide
A hookup guide to get started with the BME68x Environmental Sensor from Bosch. Monitor the air quality, temperature, humidity, and barometric pressure with this Qwiic sensor!
SparkFun BME280 Breakout Hookup Guide
A guide for connecting the BME280 sensor to a microcontroller, and for using the SparkFun Arduino library.
Experiment Guide for the Johnny-Five Inventor's Kit
Use the Tessel 2 and the Johnny Five Inventors kit to explore the world of JavaScript enabled hardware through 14 awesome experiments!
Old Tutorials
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