The EMP device is very basic. It provides lightning strike counts and is similar in function to the old Hobby Boards lightning counter.
My old HB set up has a 6" copper wire that it is using as an antenna. This has worked fine in the basement and currently moving it to the attic and will be connecting it to the combo Z-Wave GPIO / 1-Wire RPi2 in the attic. It is very sensitive to lightning.
Thinking too that I can move the MR13A device to the attic as well (rather than outside). This would probably be the most cost effective repurposing one of the old MR13A's. IE: my old W800RF is still working just fine these days.
Concurrently Bernards EMP board got me to looking some more and I recently purchased this device to get more lightning info:
This board is using a patented lightning detector chip which will provide distance of lightning. (via a tuned circuit and no external antenna)
Note that this board is closer to around $30 USD.
It is three connections to the RPi - two GPIO and one IRQ (plus power).
Follow up at 1849c time...
On and off stormy today, wind and rain mostly and no thunder / lightning nearby...no beeps...
and
validated that my parrot owns her linus blanket....
My old HB set up has a 6" copper wire that it is using as an antenna. This has worked fine in the basement and currently moving it to the attic and will be connecting it to the combo Z-Wave GPIO / 1-Wire RPi2 in the attic. It is very sensitive to lightning.
Thinking too that I can move the MR13A device to the attic as well (rather than outside). This would probably be the most cost effective repurposing one of the old MR13A's. IE: my old W800RF is still working just fine these days.
Concurrently Bernards EMP board got me to looking some more and I recently purchased this device to get more lightning info:
This board is using a patented lightning detector chip which will provide distance of lightning. (via a tuned circuit and no external antenna)
Note that this board is closer to around $30 USD.
It is three connections to the RPi - two GPIO and one IRQ (plus power).
Follow up at 1849c time...
On and off stormy today, wind and rain mostly and no thunder / lightning nearby...no beeps...
and
validated that my parrot owns her linus blanket....
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