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antonadc
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Thunder Click

#1 Post by antonadc » 26 Apr 2015 03:50

I purchased the thunder click only to find out that the software was for the PIC32. I had a look at the software and made one adjustment and it worked a charm on the pic18F87j50 mm board. We are in a hotspot for thunder and the first nights storm produced spectacular results. The unit is very sensitive and plugging it in on USB reduces the sensitivity. Running it on battery works better. All I had to do was to change the number of strikes variable from a byte to a long as one night I picked up over a thousand strikes. The board is well produced but lacks write ups. Especially on how to manipulate the registers for better performance.
I like it when you can see the distance of the storm. The board is well made and has taken some abuse from me and still works.
Thanks ME

Anton

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filip
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Re: Thunder Click

#2 Post by filip » 28 Apr 2015 08:34

Hi,

Thank you for your positive feedback, we appreciate it. :)

Regards,
Filip.

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Re: Thunder Click

#3 Post by Megahurts » 22 May 2015 20:53

Hi Anton,

Thanks for the review on the Thunder Click board. I was curious about that board since it came out and glad to hear (read) that it does produce results users can have projects planned for.
:?: Question though - which lightning "Hotspot" are you at, if you don't mind telling that is?

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Re: Thunder Click

#4 Post by Dxmaxim » 17 Jul 2015 08:35

Hi,

Would you be interested in sharing the changes that you made to the thunder click code sample to get it working for the PIC18F87XXX device?

I live in an area where the summer rains come with severe thunderstorm often resulting in my ADSL modem being damaged. I would really like to build an early warning system, and don't want to have to lay out for the PIC32 compiler.

Thanks in advance.

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Michael
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antonadc
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Re: Thunder Click

#5 Post by antonadc » 31 Dec 2015 22:08

please find attached rar file for thunder click set up for 87j mm board. I live in Pretoria south Africa. Its on libstock as well
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kovkor
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Re: Thunder Click

#6 Post by kovkor » 20 Apr 2016 11:21

Hi All,

I purchased Thunder Click and using with Raspberry Pi 2 with Pi Shield 2.
I'm using a Barometer Click too. I2CDETECT shows only the Barometer click (0x5d) but the no the thunder click.
I tried with 2 different shields and 2 different thunder clicks.
What I'm doing wrong?
Thank you.

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Re: Thunder Click

#7 Post by biljana.nedeljkovic » 21 Apr 2016 10:21

Hello,

Take a look at the User Manual for Thunder click where you can check the schematic of the add-on board.
Thunder click board communicates via SPI, so I2C lines are not connected.
http://download.mikroe.com/documents/ad ... l-v100.pdf

Have you managed to establish the communication with the Thunder click when you use it without the Barometer click?

Best regards,
Biljana

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Re: Thunder Click

#8 Post by kovkor » 21 Apr 2016 14:20

Dear Biljana,

Thank you for your reply.
Yes at meanwhile I'm realized that the thunder click only communicates via SPI. :)
I'm very beginner in SPI, tried to find an example in Python.
Can you send me a link or example script how can I communicate with the thunder click in Python?
Thank you for your help.

Kornel

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biljana.nedeljkovic
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Re: Thunder Click

#9 Post by biljana.nedeljkovic » 22 Apr 2016 13:46

Hello,

Unfortunately, we do not have official examples written in Python.

You can take a look at our example code as a reference on how to establish communication with this click:
http://libstock.mikroe.com/projects/vie ... k-example/

Best regards,
Biljana

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