WeatherBot
Description
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I designed WeatherBot to be a fun robot that can show a tempareture reading in an innovate and unusual way; it uses a servo to point to a value on a dial, on its stomach. It even holds the temperature sensor in its hand, with the wires going to the back of the robot where the microcontroller is housed.
BILL OF MATERIALS
Weatherbot is quite a simple robot and only needs a couple of parts:
| Item | Description | Qty | Unit Price | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temperature Sensors | DHT22 | 1 | £3.00 | £3.00 |
| Servo | SG90 | 1 | £4.00 | £4.00 |
| MicroController | ESP8266 | 1 | £4.00 | £4.00 |
| Total | £11.00 |
MICROPYTHON CODE
The MicroPython code for WeatherBot is avialable at: https://www.github.com/kevinmcaleer/nodemcu_wifi
3D PRINTABLE STL FILES
WeatherBot is made up of two main pieces:
Copy both the umqttsimple.py and weatherbot.py to the Pico or ESP8266 microcontroller using Thonny. You can configure weatherbot to send its readings to an MQTT server by adding a wifi usernane and password, and MQTT server to the varibles:
ssid = 'insert your SSID here'
password = 'your password'
mqtt_server = 'your MQTT IP'Tags
Model origin
The author marked this model as their own original creation.
