Hobby Boards Anemometer Solutions

Hobby Boards is proud to announce that we will soon have two 1-Wire anemometer solutions available.

We will have the products on our website and a spec document available soon but here is a bit of information in the mean time.

Solution #1 is based on the Inspeed Vortex and e-Vane and our custom anemometer board with case. It will be priced approx. $225.
Some of the features of this solution are:

  • Very high quality and robust hardware for many years of service.
  • Wind direction resolution of less than 1 degree.
  • Hall effects sensor in the wind vane for virtually infinite life.
  • Wind speed of 3 to 125+ MPH
  • sensor units connect to the anemometer board using screw terminals.

For more information of the Inspeed products we are using please see www.inspeed.com

Solution #2 is based on an OEM wind speed and direction unit and our custom anemometer board with case. It will be priced approx. $95.
Some of the features of this solution are:

  • High quality hardware with sealed electronics for many years of service.
  • Uses reed switches instead of a hall effects sensor in the wind vane and slightly lower quality bearings to achieve a more economical price.
  • Wind direction resolution of 22.5 degrees.
  • Wind speed of 3 to 125+ MPH
  • sensor units connect to the anemometer board with an RJ12 connector for fast easy connection.

We will also be offering our anemometer board by itself for those who already have the Inspeed units or those who want to use the counter or A/D capabilities for other functions. It will be priced approx. $45
Some of the features are:

  • DS2423 counter for wind speed or general counting purposes.
  • DS2438 A/D for wind direction or general A/D purposes.
  • Dual RJ45 for easy connection to the 1-Wire network.
  • Screw terminals for those who want an optional way to connect the unit to the 1-Wire network.
  • Available case.

All of these units should be available by the end of April and we are hoping that we can get them released earlier than that. If you would like to be placed on our list to be notified when they are available please send an email to [email protected]

Eric