The Design For Wind Speed Measurement Using Labview

Abstract

In general, wind is every movement of air on the surface of the earth. Technically, wind is every horizontal or near horizontal movement of the air. The wind has the direction and the velocity that is defined by the air pressure difference on the surface of the earth. This device was designed to measure the velocity of the wind using the combination of Arduino Uno and the Labview Software. It worked where the movement of the wind turn the propeller that was connected to the disk. The disk had a hole that was sensed by photoelectric sensor connected to a port at Arduino Microcontroller in order to provide a pulse. This pulse was calculated by Labview program and converted into speed measurement (meter/second). The result of the measurement using this device were compared with the result of Android based application and a calibrated Anemometer to compare the accuracy of the designed device. The result showed that the accuracy of the designed device is 70-80%.