Additional Resources

Here are some other sites you'll want to check out as you go down the rabbit hole.

• The Madscientist Labs Blog just so happens to be written by the owner of this repository. A substantial amount of the content in this wiki comes from that blog. It has everything from the original DIY serial interface to building your own weather station receiver. The blog is also filled with links to lots of other relevant projects. A must read, if I do say so myself.

• Météo Quimper's Vantage Pro 2 Tech site has a wealth of information that you won't find anywhere else. There are test circuits for the VP2 ISS instruments, instructions for replacing the Supercap, and pictures of the circuit boards for things like the Solar radiation sensor. Have Google Translate ready to go if you don't speak French.

• Dario's blog is a great summary of what some of the messages sent from the ISS actually mean. Some of this was collected from other sources, but he figured out a number of the items himself, like the voltage reading on the Vantage Vue Supercap. Nice.

• Detailed information on the Davis Anemometer and Direction Vane can be found at WXTech's website. There is a teardown of the hardware, circuit diagrams, troubleshooting tips, etc. Note that this information is for the older style direction vane that used a potentiometer, and not the newer one that uses a Hall Effect sensor.

• The LowPowerLab Moteino is not directly involved in the reverse engineering effort, but this sweet little Arduino-powered board equipped with an RFM69 transceiver chip is the tool of choice for building your own ISS receiver. Just be sure to get one equipped with a flash chip: that is going to come in handy for datalogging one of these days...

• The Davis Instruments forum on WXForum.net is probably the most popular of the various forums out there. Many of the topics you'll find on this wiki are either announced or actively discussed there. Sign up and join in.