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RSS Weather Reader

RSS Weather Reader
The LCD screen.

Weather Reader in action
The whole system.

2006 - ongoing...
by Brian Jepson

Project Description

The RSS Weather Reader is a homebrew device that goes onto the internet, finds information about the current weather conditions, and then prints the latest info to a small LCD screen. 

Weather Underground provides an RSS feed that is constantly updated with the current conditions.  The board has custom firmware that knows the address of the wunderground RSS feed, and can connect to it and update periodically.  The board is connected to the internet via a standard router/hub/switch on a local home network. 

The board then interprets the information coming back from the RSS feed, and turns it into data that can be sent out the serial port to an LCD.  The LCD then shows the current weather conditions. 

Future versions will incorporate a GPS device so that the board knows where it is, and can look up the local weather no matter where it's located.

 

Project Resources

The code and more info about the project can be found at www.makingthings.com/Members/bjepson/rss-reader
Download it and try it out!