Hi, I am new on this forum. I have been reading you for some days and finally I have been encouraged to write.
Well, I am trying to set up a solar sensor like what Breitling did in this topic:
http://discourse.weather-watch.com/p/163609
If I have understood it correctly, the solar sensor structure will be something like this, right?: :?:
Solar Cell —> Variable Resistor —> LabJack —> Weather Display
But reading this forum, I have seen that Weather Display does not interact well with LabJack U3 so, if I use the LabJack U12 model, would I have some kind of problem?
U12 does not have problems with Weather Display, not?
I have also seen that some math conversion and solar graphing problems have been reported when using this type of solar sensor.
http://discourse.weather-watch.com/t/28462
http://discourse.weather-watch.com/t/23748
http://discourse.weather-watch.com/t/25247
http://discourse.weather-watch.com/p/127394
Have these problems been solved?
And finally, would I need to program something with the computer (with programming language) or is like “Plug and Play”?
As I have seen, when you have build up this type of sensor you have to calibrate it, but if I do not have any professional equipment to do that, can I use a calibrated solar cell or I will need to calibrate it anyway?
http://www.spheralsolar.com/products/Calibrated-Solar-Cell.html
http://www.tiendaelektron.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=2_19&products_id=260
http://www.pvmeasurements.com/products/reference-cells
http://www.newport.com/Reference-Solar-Cell-and-Meter/545467/1033/info.aspx
Thank you very much and sorry if there are some language errors.
Regards and thanks again.