Lightning Detector

I am currently building a lightning detector to automatically shutdown my computers with an approaching storm. The system uses the crackle on the radio bands to detect lightning.

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4 Responses to Lightning Detector

  1. Cedric Mally says:

    Hello Skye,
    I just got one of the as3935 devices from tautic with the 0x00 bug. I want to build a device warning me while im Mountainbiking from thunderstorms. I think i will use two devices one at hom warning me through mail or sms and one mobile maybe connected to bluetooth to my mobil phone.
    For this i wanted to play with your code. Im more Hardware than Software a guy :). But i have on small Problem. I still use the old arduino 1.04 Arduino IDE and it complains on a missing definition.
    If i look in the AS3935.h file that is in the same folder i don’t see it there.
    Do you have small hint for me :).

    Best regards from Germany where we had a great thunderstorm and i couldn’t get anything on my remote controlled dev board because someone took the irq pin out :).

    Cedric

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    triker.ino: In function ‘void loop()’:
    Striker:400: error: ‘as3935_err’ was not declared in this scope
    Striker.ino: In function ‘INT8U calibrate()’:
    Striker:466: error: ‘as3935_err’ was not declared in this scope
    Striker.ino: In function ‘INT8U bitTest()’:
    Striker:578: error: ‘as3935_err’ was not declared in this scope
    Striker:591: error: ‘as3935_err’ was not declared in this scope
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  2. Ruchita says:

    Hello Skye,
    Your idea about to build ‘lightning detector to automatically shutdown my computers with an approaching storm’ is awesome. I started reading your blog just few days ago. and now I am so impressed and inspired with that. Thanks you so much for sharing new projects ideas.

  3. shubham shore says:

    Hey Skye,
    Your views about project ‘lightning detector to automatically shutdown my computers with an approaching storm’ is spectacular. As it uses crackle on radio bands to detect lightning is unique ideology you have implemented. I have read your blog and it is awesome. Thank you so much for a great work you share and keep inspiring.

  4. Namrata says:

    Your idea of building a lightning detector to automatically shutdown my computers with an approaching storm is new concept .which tools required for this project?

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