Embedded Lab

littleBits is a well-known development platform for rapid learning and prototyping with electronics. This real-time weather dashboard is built using the same platform to monitor current and forecasted weather information. At the heart of this project is the cloudBit, which is a single-board computer running Linux from a SD card. The cloudBit also features a WiFi adapter on board, which allows you to connect any device to the internet. For this project, the weather data for a particular location are retrived from Weather Underground, and are sent to the cloudBit using littleBits cloud APIs. The cloudBit processor then convert the weather data into appropriate voltage signals to drive servos with pointing arrows attached to them. These servos are enclosed inside modular weather boxes with the arrows pointing to current temperature, the forecasted high and low temperatures for the day, and the forecasted conditions for the day (i.e. sunny, cloudy, precipitation).

Real-time weather display using littleBits