After doing more research and trying a few things I managed to: Figure out how to configure and test the UART / serial port and it was still working. Figure out how to connect to the Ultrasonic Sensor and it … Continue reading
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Well, I got the sensor all wired up, plugged it into it’s own power supply as recommended by the manufacturer and… no joy! The power supply I used, again as recommended by the manufacturer, is a 5 v supply. The … Continue reading
This morning I edited the two Python scripts that will be used on the measurement machine to talk to the Ultrasonic Sensor to get the snow depth data. The first time I ran a test without the sensor connected I … Continue reading
I spent all morning figuring out how to get the remote execution of Python scripts working. What a PITA! It turns out that when you log in through SSH, or in my case SFTP, you get handed a completely PATH … Continue reading
While I await some parts needed to connect the sensor to the measurement system (Raspberry Pi 3) I am going to spend most of the day today doing some research and planning for next steps. One thing I have not … Continue reading
This morning I added a DS3231 Real Time Clock to the measurement system Raspberry Pi. I used THIS article to guide the way. One mistake that I made at the end of the process cost me a lot of time. … Continue reading
I have removed the MySQL database. I did get pysftp installed (which was much more challenging than expected). I also did load and modify the code to access the sensor. Other than that, I have spent a lot of time … Continue reading
After giving it a great deal of thought and looking into various options, I’ve settled on a method to transfer data from the snow measurement system to the weather system. I am going to simply use SFTP within the python … Continue reading
The Raspberry Pi 3 micro computer that I will be using for this project does not come with an operating system loaded like a “normal” computer. It looks for the operating system, or at least a link to it, on … Continue reading
You can keep track of the Snow Depth Measurement Project using the new menu item at the top of the web page. If you would like to contribute to help make this project successful, please use the Donate button on … Continue reading