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The Adafruit anemometer is capable of measuring wind speeds up to 70 m/s or 156mph which should be adequate for our location and if the speeds ever get that high will probably blow our house down before the anemometer breaks. The cup anemometer can be used wherever the mobile wind speeds need to be measured.
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A black wire to power and signal ground, a brown wire for power which can be anything from 7-24v DC depending on your needs and availability, and a third blue wire that provides measurements via analog voltage. The Adafruit anemometer is supplied with a length of 3 core cable and three connections. Finally after some more research I opted for a much more robust anemometer from the Adafruit website (product ref: 1733 pictured below) which cost around $45 or £39 and provides a rugged wind speed meter anemometer that has been designed for outside use and easily allows you to measure wind speed using a wide variety of different mini PCs and micro-controllers. After receipt of the Maplin Anemometer it soon became obvious that you get what you pay for, and the quality of the anemometer would not have lasted long in the conditions in our coastal location. Wind sonic Anemometer has less weight, is robust, and is corrosion-free. The wind sonic Ultrasonic Anemometer measurea the wind speed up to 60 m/s with low start-up speed and 360° wind direction with no dead band. Fixed-wing and rotary-wing devices with diverse anemometer. The wind sonic Ultrasonic Anemometers are used in environmental, industrial, and marine applications. I initially opted for the budget end of the scale and purchased a Maplin Anemometer (pictured above) which is sold as a replacement part for the Maplin weather station in the UK and is available to purchase price at around £3. Wind data collection in the atmospheric boundary layer benefits from short-term wind speed measurements using unmanned aerial vehicles. A quick look online revealed that a number of wind speed meters or anemometers were available to purchase, ranging in price from just a few dollars up to over $200.
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The first stage of this project was to create the basic Arduino wind speed monitor to check that the parts functioned as required and write the code.