Make Esp8266 Weather Station

Made by raushan-kumar / 3D Printing / Weather

About the project

This project is a wonderful project for IoT beginners who want to learn about retrieving data from an Online Internet server to NodeMCU

Project info

Difficulty: Easy

Platforms: Arduino, Espressif, Panasonic

Estimated time: 1 hour

License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike CC BY-SA version 4.0 or later (CC BY-SA 4+)

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Hardware components

	wemos d1	x 1
	NodeMCU v2-Lua based ESP8266 development kit	x 1
	Monochrome 0.96" OLED Graphic Display	x 1
	Jumper Wire Kit - 140pcs	x 1

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IOT Weather Station with ESP8266 OLED:

In this Latest IoT project, we will learn how to make an IoT Based Simple Online Weather Station using ESP8266 NodeMCU (wemos D1) Wi-Fi development board and SSD1306 OLED display (128×64 Pixel).

This project is a wonderful project for IoT beginners who want to learn about retrieving data from an Online Internet server to NodeMCU board.

The NodeMCU pulls weather data like temperature, humidity, pressure, wind speed and wind directional degree from weather website called openweathermap.org and display it on SSD1306 screen.

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1: Bill of Materials

As the topic is clear, i.e IoT Weather Station with NodeMCU OLED & OpenWeatherMap, we just need OLED Display and NodeMCU wifi Module for this project.

You can purchase these components from Amazon.

Wemos D1 (Amazon.com)
OLED Display (Amazon.com)
Connecting Wires (Amazon.com)

Step 2: Block Diagram – IOT Weather Station:

This is a simple block diagram for IoT Weather Station which simply explains how the System works.

The website openweathermap.org provides an online service for weather data and forecast.

The data is upload on a cloud server. ESP8266 Wifi Module collects the data information online and download/retrieve the info like temperature, humidity, pressure, wind speed, and wind directional degree.

Step 3: Circuit Diagram & Connection:

Step 4: Preparation of Arduino IDE for ESP8266

The ESP8266 module isn't part of the Arduino-IDE.

1. We have to install it first. Open file / preferences in the Aduino -IDE and insert the following link in the Additional Boards Manager URLs field: http://arduino.esp8266.com/stable/package_esp8266...

2. this window with the OK Button.

3. Open now the board manager: Tools / Board / Board Manager

4. Go to the ESP8266 board entry and install it now you can choose LOLIN(WEMOS) D1 R2 & mini.

5. Set the CPU frequency to 80MHz, Flash Size to "4MB (FS:3MB OTA:~512KB)", and the COM port.

Step 5: Generating API From OpenWeatherMap:

OpenWeatherMap Access current weather data for any location including over 200,000 cities all over the world. Current weather is frequently updated from more than 40,000 weather stations. The data is available in JSON, XML, or HTML format. We will use the data in JSON format here.

Visit https://openweathermap.org and sign in by creating your account.

Create or Generate your API Key as it is needed for retrieving data.

Select the city and country code by entering your city name. Example: Jaipur, IN here Jaipur is a city, and IN is a country code for India. City name and country code need to be entered on code.

As your device will be displaying data from OpenWeatherMap you need an "API key" from them.
1. Go to https://openweathermap.org/price

2. note of the features in the "Free" column.

3. By using the free plan you are limited to 60 calls per minute.

4. In the "Free" column click on "Get API key and Start".

5. Once the API key is created you can come back to this page any time to edit or delete it. API key which will be required in our code in the next step.

6: Source Code/Programs:

Below is the code for IoT Weather Station with NodeMCU OLED & OpenWeatherMap. You need 3 different libraries for that, i.e Adafruit_GFX.h, Adafruit_SSD1306.h and ArduinoJson.h. You can get all these libraries from the Library Manager.

Enter the WIFI SSID, Password, and City Name with Country Code. Now you can upload this code to NodeMCU Board.

The electronics can be programmed as usual if you have the knowledge. Alternatively there are lot of codes in the internet when looking for: ESP8266 OLED SSD1306.
For example the weather widget I found here: http://blog.squix.ch/2015/05/esp8266-projects-inte

I created a forum where ideas, hints, code, hardware information etc. can be exchanged: http://blog.squix.ch/2015/05/esp8266-projects-inte...

7: 3D Printed Enclouser

First print the project enclosure

I have used my Ender3 3D printer

It took me about 1 hours to print parts.

The enclosure has 2 parts:1. case 2. Back Cover

My settings are: Print Speed: 60 mm/s

Layer height: 0.2mm ( 0.3 also works well)

Fill Density: 20%

Extruder Temperature: 220degC

Bed Temp: 60deg

Step 8: Install the All Parts in Enclosure

Insert the display into the enclouser.

Install the front Cover

After mounting the display and circuit board The enclosure is designed is not tight clearance, so you need any glue or screw to hold the front covers.

Step 9: Enjoy

It works great

For a quick test, just powering with powerbank The weather station should be turned ON.

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#include <ESP8266WiFi.h>
#include <ESP8266HTTPClient.h> // http web access library
#include <ArduinoJson.h> // JSON decoding library
// Libraries for SSD1306 OLED display
#include <Wire.h> // include wire library (for I2C devices such as the SSD1306 display)
#include <Adafruit_GFX.h> // include Adafruit graphics library
#include <Adafruit_SSD1306.h> // include Adafruit SSD1306 OLED display driver
 
#define OLED_RESET 5 // define SSD1306 OLED reset at ESP8266 GPIO5 (NodeMCU D1)
Adafruit_SSD1306 display(OLED_RESET);
 
// set Wi-Fi SSID and password
const char *ssid = "Your Wifi SSID";
const char *password = "Your Wifi Password";
 
// set location and API key
String Location = "City Name, Country Code";
String API_Key = "Your API Key";
 
void setup(void)
{
Serial.begin(9600);
delay(1000);
 
Wire.begin(4, 0); // set I2C pins [SDA = GPIO4 (D2), SCL = GPIO0 (D3)], default clock is 100kHz
 
// by default, we'll generate the high voltage from the 3.3v line internally! (neat!)
display.begin(SSD1306_SWITCHCAPVCC, 0x3C); // initialize with the I2C addr 0x3D (for the 128x64)
// init done
 
Wire.setClock(400000L); // set I2C clock to 400kHz
 
display.clearDisplay(); // clear the display buffer
display.setTextColor(WHITE, BLACK);
display.setTextSize(1);
display.setCursor(0, 0);
display.println(" Internet Weather");
display.print(" Station - Jaipur");
display.display();
 
WiFi.begin(ssid, password);
 
Serial.print("Connecting.");
display.setCursor(0, 24);
display.println("Connecting...");
display.display();
while ( WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED )
{
delay(500);
Serial.print(".");
}
Serial.println("connected");
display.print("connected");
display.display();
delay(1000);
 
}
 
void loop()
{
if (WiFi.status() == WL_CONNECTED) //Check WiFi connection status
{
HTTPClient http; //Declare an object of class HTTPClient
 
// specify request destination
http.begin("http://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather?q=" + Location + "&APPID=" + API_Key); // !!
 
int httpCode = http.GET(); // send the request
 
if (httpCode > 0) // check the returning code
{
String payload = http.getString(); //Get the request response payload
 
DynamicJsonBuffer jsonBuffer(512);
 
// Parse JSON object
JsonObject& root = jsonBuffer.parseObject(payload);
if (!root.success()) {
Serial.println(F("Parsing failed!"));
return;
}
 
float temp = (float)(root["main"]["temp"]) - 273.15; // get temperature in °C
int humidity = root["main"]["humidity"]; // get humidity in %
float pressure = (float)(root["main"]["pressure"]) / 1000; // get pressure in bar
float wind_speed = root["wind"]["speed"]; // get wind speed in m/s
int wind_degree = root["wind"]["deg"]; // get wind degree in °
 
// print data
Serial.printf("Temperature = %.2f°C\r\n", temp);
Serial.printf("Humidity = %d %%\r\n", humidity);
Serial.printf("Pressure = %.3f bar\r\n", pressure);
Serial.printf("Wind speed = %.1f m/s\r\n", wind_speed);
Serial.printf("Wind degree = %d°\r\n\r\n", wind_degree);
 
display.setCursor(0, 24);
display.printf("Temperature: %5.2f C\r\n", temp);
display.printf("Humidity : %d %%\r\n", humidity);
display.printf("Pressure : %.3fbar\r\n", pressure);
display.printf("Wind speed : %.1f m/s\r\n", wind_speed);
display.printf("Wind degree: %d", wind_degree);
display.drawRect(109, 24, 3, 3, WHITE); // put degree symbol ( ° )
display.drawRect(97, 56, 3, 3, WHITE);
display.display();
 
}
 
http.end(); //Close connection
 
}
 
delay(60000); // wait 1 minute
 
}
// End of code.

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