And so it begins....
So I had to begin somewhere. This blog is a means of tracking the developments of the now world famous Belfryboy Clone Logger.Back in 2011 I had a clear out and found a bunch of Davis Instruments...
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In the beginning there was lightning!
In 2007 I installed a weather station at the Wessex Cave Club headquarters in the Somerset village of Priddy on the top of the Mendip hills. This station was intended to log data to assist cavers with...
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and then came the flood....
The flood really started as a trickle. In February 2012 I respun my boards so that I could use a serial or USB interface and offered it for sale on the WXforum. I got plenty of interest, selling 20 of...
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then the famine, and finally eureka!
I decided to make the clone loggers work with WeatherLink in mid February 2012. This went well for the best part of a year and a half with steady sales. And then something bad happened. I started to...
View ArticleGreen dot logger page now live
The Stand alone page for the Belfryboy Clone "green dot" logger is now up and running, just hit the tab at the top of the page!A page for the SHT15 based clone temperature humidity sensor is on it's...
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how do you solve a problem like a green dot?
Belfryboy Clone green dot loggerWhen the "green dot" problem arose I was at a loss as to how to fix it. But that half the fun. Then we found the solution. Several in fact. Torkelmj uses a novel...
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"Merry Christmas one and all!"
This Christmas has been very busy in the BelfryBoy workshop, with 30 loggers ordered in the last month, this has taken up a lot of my time and my stock has dwindled rapidly, so I decided to see if the...
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If it looks to good to be true.... or Caveat Emptor
Today I had a major upset in the build of this last batch of V2.1 loggers. My usual (reputable) supplier of FT232RL chips was out of stock, so I found a supplier on eBay. Unfortunately the chips were...
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An end of year evolution
I have been busy this year with moving house, starting a new job and getting my girls settled into a new school, so there hasn't been a great deal of time to work on the BelfryBoy logger.Despite all...
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*UPDATE* an end of year evolution
A few days ago I posted images of the latest evolution of the BelfryBoy data logger, using a 3d printed cover filler with epoxy to give a nicer finish the the assembly.the print house that supplied the...
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New year - New PCB
Well it was bound to happen some time; the dataflash chip that I use (Adesto AT45DB011D-SSH) has now gone obsolete. This isn't the end of the, or so I thought...My solution was simply to fit it with...
View ArticleIt been a long time, and there have been some changes...
It's been over a year since I've updated this blog, due to work commitments and other pressures on my time. I am still building the loggers, and shipping worldwide.I have had a number of users report...
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Dragging my assembly process into the 20th century..
From the day that I started building these loggers, back in 2011, I have hand soldered every single one of them. Whilst I do not find this particularly hard to do it is now proving more time consuming...
View ArticleDo you still make these??
I am often asked if if still make the BelfryBoy logger, and the simple answer is "Yes!"I make them to order as and when a order is placed, but there can be delays if I am busy with my paid employment...
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