External Sensors

WeatherCitizen supports an array of external Bluetooth devices to augment the sensing capability of the system.

See Connect External Sensors for a guide to connecting these sensors to WeatherCitizen.

Kestrel 5500

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The Kestrel 5500 weather meter is a handheld mini-weather station. Purchased with Bluetooth LiNK, the Kestrel 5500 integrates with WeatherCitizen with no configuration necessary.

WeatherCitizen is able to record the following environmental parameters from a conneced Kestrel 5500:

Wind Direction
Wind Speed
Altitude
Barometric Pressure
Wet Bulb Temperature
Relative Humidity
Heat Stress Index
Dewpoint
Density Altitude

See the Kestrel 5500 product site for more information.

Kestrel Drop

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The Kestrel Drop family of products are small, rugged environmental data loggers. All Kestrel Drop products are Bluetooth enabled and work out of the box with WeatherCitizen.

WeatherCitizen is able to record the following environmental parameters from a connected Kestrel Drop:

Temperature
Relative Humidity
Dew Point Temperature
Heat Stress Index
Station Pressure
Density Altitude
Wet Bulb Temperature

See the Kestrel Drop product site for more information.

Airbeam2

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The Airbeam2 is a low-cost, open-source wearable air monitor that records particulate matter.

WeatherCitizen is able to record:

PM1
PM2.5
PM10
Temperature
Pressure
Relative Humidity

See the Airbeam2 product site for more information.

WaterMonitor

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The WaterMonitor is a Creare project to develop a low-cost, open-source water monitoring system. The hardware is currently in development.