Abstract

An anemometer from low-cost materials in a DIY (Do it yourself) for the fabrication process was composed of a rotating vane (modified from cooler CPU) with speed sensor installed on it. The vane was connected to Arduino and controlled by LabVIEW program. This anemometer was called “Vane Anemometer based on LabVIEW interface for Arduino (VALA) model”. The VALA was calibrated and compared with a hand-held standard anemometer (TECPEL model of AVM-702) for measurement of wind velocity of 0.6-4.7 m/s. The efficiency of the VALA was confirmed by the slope was 0.0052 which the blade was calculated to be 4.96 cm with the error of 0.8%. The VALA was low cost, thus it could become an easy-to-use fabricated DIY for application in Physics education lab in high schools.

Details

Title
Low-Cost DIY Vane Anemometer based on LabVIEW interface for Arduino
Author
Thepnurat, Meechai 1 ; Saphet, Parinya 1 ; Tong-on, Anusorn 1 

 Program of Physics Education, Faculty of Education, Chiang Rai Rajabhat University, 57100; Physics Innovation Laboratory, Faculty of Education, Chiang Rai Rajabhat University, 57100 
Publication year
2018
Publication date
Dec 2018
Publisher
IOP Publishing
ISSN
17426588
e-ISSN
17426596
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2565373370
Copyright
© 2018. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.