Rain Gauge Hack: Custom Data Acquisition

August -2023

How It Works

I was assigned a project to obtain data from a rain gauge by any possible means. To achieve this, I completely disassembled 🛠the rain gauge and identified two points where I could measure voltage.

Each time a voltage was detected, it indicated that the rain gauge’s tipping bucket had tilted, signaling that it had filled with water and then emptied.

Once I successfully obtained the data, I integrated an Arduino to send the rain gauge readings to the API using a POST request 🌐.

Rain Gauge Hack: Custom Data Acquisition

I was assigned a project to obtain data from a rain gauge by any possible means. To achieve this, I completely disassembled the rain gauge

3/20/20221 min read