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Anemometer or a wind speed measuring device is a common weather station instrument. It was costly online, so I built one!

Anemometer or a wind speed measuring device is a common weather station instrument.

The other day, I was discussing an IoT project with a talented student group. We were running through a bunch of sensors that they can use in their project. In the list we had a wind speed sensor device, however the cost online was near about $80! Too much for a college project. So, in the document we didn’t mention which sensor to buy, instead I mentioned “Custom”.

And here’s my Custom Anemometer 🙂 It is based on a simple principle that I first used in Class 7 to build a generator from a DC Motor.”

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