Pictured above is the sensor portion of what [Frapedia] calls his visual rain sensor. Most rain gauges just use a graduated cylinder to capture water as it falls from the sky. That will give you a ...

Measuring rain might seem simple, just put out a bucket and see how much water collects, right? But meteorologists need more precision, and collecting rain data is more of an artform than you might ...

The rain-collection funnel and tipping-bucket mechanism were perfectly usable ... reed switch or via Hall Effect or magnetoresistive sensors. An RFM95W LoRa module takes care of connecting ...

The sensor has a dielectric polymer layer ... The self-emptying tipping bucket technology is most often used for rain gauges in weather stations. The 8-inch collection area offers superior ...

Measuring rain might seem simple, just put out a bucket and see how much water collects, right? But meteorologists need more precision, and collecting rain data is more of an artform than you ...