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This site is meant for all technology enthusiasts that want to build a weather station. Tutorials on this site cover everything, from buying the necessary parts, configuring the software powering the station to the wiring process. Those with less experience will not have any problems because the tutorials are written in a simple and clear manner. The step by step instructions along with sample pictures will make help you build your weather station as easy as pie. In the end of the process, you will have your own website running on WordPress and a fully functional weather station displaying the measurements taken.

To start, you need to buy a Raspberry Pi along with some other pieces of hardware. You can find a full list on this page. A few parts are optional and you need to decide which type of sensor you want to have. Of course, you can buy both or decide only for one. The differences are summarized here, so you can easier decide which part you want to use. When the new equipment finally arrives, the fun can begin. You can leave the wiring for a later step, start with preparing the software needed. Please note that commands that will be issued are written like this. This means that you must retype/copy them exactly as written. Your fresh Raspberry Pi needs some initial setting up. After that, you can move forward to creating your WordPress site, webserver and finally python code for temperature readings. Now you can wire everything together. Use the tutorial for DHT22 wiring or for DS18B20 option. The sample images should be more than enough to help you out. The rest is easy and open to your own modifications and additions.