IoT Weather Station Using Sense-Hat

IoT Weather Station Project

Build an IoT weather station using Sense-Hat and store the data in Google Sheets.

Objective:

The primary goals of this project are to build an IoT weather station using sense-hat to measure the temperature, humidity, and pressure and then store the data in Google sheets.

Components Used:

Sense Hat: It’s a device full of sensors (Temperature, Humidity, Pressure Sensor, Gyroscope, Accelerometer, Magnetometer)

Raspberry Pi: IoT Development board

Working Principle:

In this project, I choose a Sense Hat and Raspberry pi. Sense-Hat is a device full of sensors. It basically consists of a temperature sensor, humidity sensor, pressure sensor, gyroscope, accelerometer, magnetometer. The Sense HAT is an expansion board for Raspberry Pi.

The Raspberry Pi is a low-cost, IoT development board that plugs into a computer monitor or TV and uses a standard keyboard and mouse.

Project Plan for sending Sense HAT Weather Data to Google Spreadsheet:

Raspberry Pi: IoT Development board

Three steps for sending Sense HAT Weather Data to Spreadsheet:

1. Configure Google Developers Console
2. Install all the necessary Dependencies on Raspberry Pi
3. Write and Run a program on Raspberry Pi

1. Configure Google Developers Console

Head over to the Google Developers Console and create a new project (or select the one you have.)

Enable Drive API:

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Enable Sheets API:

Generate Service Account Key:

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JSON File:

Here’s how this file looks like:

Create Spreadsheet in Google Drive:

Go to Google Drive and Login into your Account.

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2. Install all the necessary Dependencies on Raspberry Pi

Now we are done with configuring our console lets install all necessary dependencies on Raspberry Pi.

Install gspread:

sudo pip install gspread

Install oauth2client:

sudo pip install oauth2client==1.5.2

Depending on your system configuration, you may need to install PyOpenSSL:

sudo pip install PyOpenSSL

3. Write and Run program on Raspberry Pi

Run program on Raspberry Pi:

SourceCode of weather station is given as an attachment App_weatherstation.py

NOTE: Place both “SourceCode” i.e “App_weatherstation.py” and “Service Account Key” Files in the same folder.

Changes to be made in App_weatherstation.py:

Replace this with “Service Account Key” name which you have downloaded in “JSON” format, within single quotes.

# Oauth JSON File

GDOCS_OAUTH_JSON = ‘My Project – 073ef0b09530.json’

Replace this with “Spreadsheet” name you have given.

NOTE: It is case sensitive, replace it within single quotes.

# Google Docs Spreadsheet Name

GDOCS_SPREADSHEET_NAME = ‘Sense Hat Weather Station’

NOTE: Don’t forget to save.

Run Code on Raspberry Pi:

Now you can run the code using terminal.

If you running using a terminal it looks like.

View Code on Spreadsheet:

Now, you can now send your data to a Google Spreadsheet and view it.

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