Would anyone be interested in a snow depth sensor?

[dendrite]

Chris Nafis made his own ultrasonic snow depth sensor last year and the first trials were a success.

http://www.howmuchsnow.com/ping/

I'm wondering how many of you 1-wire users would be interested in something like this for snow depth or water level measuring purposes. If there was enough interest in this maybe Eric could develop a slightly less expensive board than the one Chris purchased?

Just curious.

 

[nafis]

Chris Nafis made his own ultrasonic snow depth sensor last year and the first trials were a success.

http://www.howmuchsnow.com/ping/

I'm wondering how many of you 1-wire users would be interested in something like this for snow depth or water level measuring purposes. If there was enough interest in this maybe Eric could develop a slightly less expensive board than the one Chris purchased?

Just curious.

I think the sensor would be more accurate if it used a 1-wire temperature sensor to calculate the speed of sound.

I still like the IR sensor for smaller amounts of snow.

The both use the same rabbit board.

 

[edhall]

I'm very interested in a snow depth sensor.

 

[BraveSirRobbin]

Another method may be to use a Maxbotix Ultrasonic sensor shown HERE (used for measuring salt level in a water softener, but concept should be the same for snow).

 

[judge_l]

sounds like something useful...

 

[hwitten]

Somewhat old topic but it certainly peaked my interest.

I'm looking fo a way to measure water level in a lake and capture the info to a computer via serial or?

 

[misho]

I use this http://voksenlia.net/met/snow.php to make my snow depth sensor ... Soon i will connect

 

[eongibier]

Good evening,
(Sorry for my English it is about a translator)

I reside in mountain and am satisfied with the detector height of snow with Nafis, that functions correctly with the software Weather Display.

Serge
France