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Building the enviro:bit Weather Station Kit

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2022-10-06 | By Pimoroni

License: See Original Project

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Guide by Pimoroni

This tutorial will show you how to put your enviro:bit kit (also known as the ‎Weather Station Kit) together.‎

With this kit, you'll be able to complete a number of projects that we've ‎written for the enviro:bit, including a weather station and a noise detector!‎

It should take less than 15 minutes to assemble the kit.‎

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We've included simplified instructions with the kit, on the first of the printed ‎cards. If you prefer video instructions, take a look at our YouTube channel.‎

Preparing the Acrylic Pieces

The acrylic pieces come with a protective plastic film on them that you'll have ‎to peel off before you assemble the kit. You'll need to do this for the sunshine, ‎cloud, and the blue stand.‎

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Bolting the Pieces Together and Assembling the Stand

First, bolt the sunshine to the cloud. The sun sits behind the cloud, and the ‎two white bolts go through from the front. Keep them in place with the white ‎hexagonal nuts.‎

Once you've done this, you'll need four black bolts and four black hexagonal ‎nuts. Place the enviro:bit on the cloud, over the four holes, and push the black ‎bolts through from the front, attaching a black hexagonal nut to the back of ‎each one. The next photo shows the view from the back.‎

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The sunshine/cloud/enviro:bit combination slots into the blue stand. It's ‎designed to be a little tight, so that it grips firmly.‎

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Attaching the micro:bit

To attach the micro:bit, look down at the weather station and you'll see a slot ‎at the front of the enviro:bit. Push the micro:bit firmly into the slot, as shown ‎in the photo below (gold contacts down, buttons, and LED matrix at the front).‎

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Securing the Battery Pack

We attached our battery pack over the top of the cloud and hid the battery ‎pack behind it. It sits nicely on the stand but, if you wanted to secure it, you ‎could use double-sided tape or Blu Tack.‎

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To buy the Weather Station Kit head to our shop or, to see a video version of ‎this tutorial, head to our youtube channel.‎

Next Steps

Now that you've built your weather station, you can start coding it! Follow the ‎activities on the cards in your kit to learn how to install the enviro:bit software, ‎and how to turn your kit into a real weather station or noise detector.‎

That's all folks!‎

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ENVIRO:BIT MICRO:BIT KIT
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