Wond3rboy
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Hi, i have a student doing a project on a yaw controlled wind turbine(its part of Distributed Energy System). For that purpose i and he were looking at the options we have for measuring wind speed and direction. Googling for both has turned up commercially use devices(not much use since too expensive) so i was out searching for some way to make one. There are three options that i have concluded that i can give them and help them out:
1. Build the 4 ultrasonic sensor wind direction and speed meter from EPEs weather station published in August 2003.
2. Buy the anemometer sensor from
**broken link removed**
and make a wind vane using a disk with holes in the middle with IR transmitters on one side and receivers on the other like they did in silicon chip magazine.
3. Follow the 3 ultrasonic sensor model described here to build a wind direction and speed meter.
The thing i am confused in is that i dont want them to get entangled in a task that takes them away from their major project. Personally, i am in favour of the first choice.
I wanted your views on that.
1. Build the 4 ultrasonic sensor wind direction and speed meter from EPEs weather station published in August 2003.
2. Buy the anemometer sensor from
**broken link removed**
and make a wind vane using a disk with holes in the middle with IR transmitters on one side and receivers on the other like they did in silicon chip magazine.
3. Follow the 3 ultrasonic sensor model described here to build a wind direction and speed meter.
The thing i am confused in is that i dont want them to get entangled in a task that takes them away from their major project. Personally, i am in favour of the first choice.
I wanted your views on that.