The objective of the wind sensor project is to design a small, static, and inexpensive system that can:

1. Accurately measure wind speed and direction in real time
2. Potentially be integrated into the weatherboxes

The motivation behind the project is to be able to measure wind patterns and utilize that information to design greener buildings that take advantage of the wind's natural ventilation.

We are the new Wind Sensor team, Team Melon!

As of Spring 2018, there are two different implementations of the wind sensor being developed: acoustic and ultrasonic.

TODO:

1. Create two separate pages for acoustic & ultrasonic implementations (each has their own block diagram and how it works)
2. Add how the acoustic method works and how the utlrasonic one works (including pictures)
3. Talk about what kind of work we do (embedded: MCU programming & interfacing w/ hardware)
4. Some of the applications

Schematic:

Wind Sensor PCB:

3D Renderings:

Schematic:

3D Renderings:

(Side & Back Views)

(3D View)

Version 1.0 Tunnel:

(Images could not be rotated. 90 degrees CW.)

For up-to-date information on our progress, see our weekly meeting minutes:

• Spring 2018 Meeting Minutes
  
• Summer 2017 Meeting Minutes
  
• Spring 2017 Meeting Minutes
  
• Fall 2016 Meeting Minutes
  
• Spring 2016 Meeting Minutes
  
• Fall 2015 Meeting Minutes
  

Spring 2018

• Final Presentation: final_presentation.pdf}
• CDR Presentation: critical_design_review.pdf}
• PDR Presentation: preliminary_design_review.pdf}
• Proposal Presentation: team_melon_proposal_presentation.pdf}

Spring 2017

• Final Presentation: wind_sensor_final_pres_s17.pdf
• CDR Presentation: wind_sensor_cdr_pres_s17.pdf
• PDR Presentation: wind_sensor_pdr_pres_s17.pdf
• Proposal Presentation: wind_sensor_proposal_pres_s17.pdf

Fall 2016

• Final Presentation: wind_sensor_final_pres_f16.pdf
• CDR Presentation: wind_sensor_cdr_pres_f16.pdf
• PDR Presentation: wind_sensor_pdr_pres_f16.pdf
• Proposal Presentation: wind_sensor_proposal_pres_f16.pdf

Spring 2016

• Final Presentation: wind_sensor_final_pres_s16.pdf
• CDR Presentation: wind_sensor_cdr_pres_s16.pdf
• PDR Presentation: wind_sensor_pdr_pres_s16.pdf
• Proposal Presentation: wind_sensor_proposal_pres_s16.pdf

Fall 2015

• Final Presentation: wind_sensor_final_pres_f15.pdf
• CDR Presentation: wind_sensor_cdr_pres_f15.pdf
• PDR Presentation: wind_sensor_pdr_pres_f15.pdf
• Proposal Presentation: wind_sensor_proposal_pres_f15.pdf