## Weatherstation setup with ESP8266, and BME280
### first the facts:  I didnt write this code.  I altered existing code with a link to author and original code in the .ino

weatherstation coding for:
  * esp8266
  * BME280 sensor

This weatherstation will connect to a wifi network, then start a webserver, and serve up the data it collects.
The BME280 sensor provides temperature, barometric pressure, and altitude.  On the BME sensor altitude is reckoned using barometric pressure and sealevel pressure - i didnt want to mess with that because my sensors will be distrubuted.  Because of that I set altitude as a contant for the location im setting up for.

photo/schematic will be posted soon
![weatherstation pinouts esp8266MOD and bme280](http://dkc-hvac.com/images/projects/esp8266MOD-pins-from-underside.jpg)
the setup is pretty simple

### I am using an esp8266-MOD
![esp8266 pinouts](http://dkc-hvac.com/images/projects/esp8266-pinout-map.png)
the bme280 sensor is connected like this:
  * sensor +     ---> esp 3.3v
  * sensor gnd   ---> esp gnd
  * sensor SCL   ---> esp SCL (d1/gpio 5)
  * sensor SDA   ---> esp SDA (d2/gpio 4)

For the solar charging i wanted to stay as close to a gardenlight as possible - so i am using a 5v 500mAh solar panel
and a lm4056 breakout board to charge 4x 1.2v NIMH rechargable batteries, which powers the station.  Here is a schematic i got off the net:
![esp8266 solar charge schematic](http://dkc-hvac.com/images/projects/arduino-solar-powered.png)
download the .ino file and alter to your specification