Device for the remote measurement of meteorological data based on arduino platform

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to present a realization of a device for displaying, monitoring, and recording non-electrical quantities relevant to the determination and examination of weather conditions. The main unit of this device is the Arduino platform, which controls digital sensors and the GSM module used for communication with user. To accomplish that, the GSM module responds to SMS with the current values of parameters that are being monitored. Also, it uses the GPS service, which allows an Internet connection and sends data back to the Web application. When the Web application receives these data, it processes them and saves them in a MySQL database. The device has the ability to record data on an SD card. A user application is created in C# programming language and allows reading of the recorded data from the SD card and handling of such data. All of results obtained by this device is compared with the results gathered by the Republic Hydrometeorogical Service of Serbia.