!!!!!!Wind meter for £10!!!!!

[Alex Brown]

i dont want to let too much out, but for my gcse school project i decided to make one. and i wondered if i could make a few and sell them on so i asked on these forums about an hour ago, as you already know. once the circuit board has been made it takes about 2+ hours to solder all the electronics to it, alter the setting so it reads the wind correctly and then a few hours to make the casing, even more for ur multi colour one i recon lol. but if i could sell 10 i would be extremely happy as its a bit of pocket money for me

 

but all of the preperation work, research, wind ranges, calculations etc has taken me just under a year now.

 

i was going to look at a type of box but that would cost more money , what do you think?

[freez]

got any pics? and for a £10 spot plus postage that is a bargain, count me in

[kite atb dude]

colourd card make a box and then think of a logo and then print it out on to sticky paper then seal the lid with that

 

also is card and a prit stick then put ur meter in close the lid and put ur logo sticker on

[Alex Brown]

yea but its the hassel of making the box lol. i might look at speaking to a company which make packaging, and get a batch made up for that. but i want to see how many people are interested first. some good ideas tho kite atb dude.

 

freez, i will get some pictures around the new year, sorry for any inconveeniance.

[kite atb dude]

god its not that hard lol tell me the size of it ill make sum from sum card ive got knocking around for free it will give me summit to do

[Alex Brown]

dude, dont worry lol. they can be poseted in a cosey lil bubble rapped letter thinggy, the casing is very strong so un less they are nuked they wont brake

[kite atb dude]

kool i want 1 , but i want it now lol

 

the last thing i got posted was a rc part and the post man droped and rode over it lol

[Alex Brown]

lol i hope he receeved a slap. i will go as fast as i can to get the first lot made. i have the prototype circuit next to me now, it works fine. just the casing wasnt taken out the mold last week and i couldnt be assed to fit it lol. added feature-the wind cups will be removeable so that they dont snap of in your kite bag lol

[kite atb dude]

was that ment to happen with the wind come or they just didnt stay on when upside down ect lol doesnt matter either way

[kite atb dude]

o i did get comensation for my post as i had to wait six months for in so then i had to wait six months again and i still havnt got the new part

[Alex Brown]

hmmmm. i could create a cool dude lid which covers up the wind cups? could be kinda funky

[kite atb dude]

most of the ones that have exposed cups have lids for when there not in used (at least most of the ones ive seen have

[anything]

one thing you might think about is getting a little pouch to put it in, oherwise when you take the wind-cups off you might loose then, the pouch doesn't have to be fancy, mabey a little string bag like you used to get with washing powder tab thingys

[Alex Brown]

yea, i will look into it next week. could be easily done i recon

 

i have about 10 interested people so i will get this batch made up i supose

[kite atb dude]

kool im a waiting mine!

[anything]

roughly what size will they be

[kite atb dude]

aslong as it goes it my blade bag ill b happy (with the blade in of corse)

[Alex Brown]

lol, it will fit easily.

 

i dont have my project folder at home but i sure the measurements were around 10x4x2

[kite atb dude]

o pocket size

[Alex Brown]

of course, thats what i made it for! this isnt any chunky, run down bit of crap im making, its pleaseing to the eye

 

lol

 

for part of my project i had to design and hand out a questionair, so i gave it to fellow kiters so it is taylor made for our needs

[kite atb dude]

lol kool im guessing u use a lcd screen can u make a back lit one not that i kite in the dark just wondering .

[Alex Brown]

no need, its a bar graph display which can be red, green or yellow. it lights up in different levels depending on how windy it is. so you can use it in the dark

[kite atb dude]

o i dont get it lol?

 

so ur say if it was 1 mph and led in red wood come on and if it was 2 mph a blue led wood come on and if it was 3 mph a green led wood come on ?

[Alex Brown]

no, its all one colour, you choose. the L.E.D's are set up so that each one represents 3mph. when the wind is 3mph or under one L.E.D will light. when it goes 3mph to 6mph another will light etc. but the way ive set it up, the slightest change in mph will be detected so it is very acurate by about 1.5mph. lol its hard to explain but i have it all in my folder. i will put all things like this into the instructions. an L.E.D screen alone for this costs £4.25, so really it wont differ from any professional ones on the market if i used one of these as the price would be greately rised. my aim was to provide a wind speed counter which is acurate at a cheap price.

[kite atb dude]

o kool now i want one even more funky light lol