For this project, we needed to build a device that would help an older person in the community in way that is unique and specific to them. Peter, who we built this for, lives in the penthouse of his apartment, the wind gusts on his balcony are really strong. This caused him to have to tie down all the furniture out there as well as make sure that it is safe enough to go out there. When he babysits his granddaughter, she isn’t allowed on the balcony because it may be unsafe for her. Because of this, we decided to build him a personalized display of the wind speeds on his balcony.

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Our project measures the speed of the wind on his balcony and then displays this information in three different ways. The max speed is shown with a speedometer, the current speed is shown on a digital display, and the max wind speeds of the past 7-70 minutes are shown in a bar/line graph based on the toggle setting Peter sets it as. This is all housed on a stand in a compact wooden box with a cloud and the 3 displays on the front with the switches on the right side panel.

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I created in SolidWorks the railing clamp, box stand, and display slots and sides. The railing clamp was designed to clamp onto the "T" of the railing to withstand the wind speeds on the balcony. I also coded in Arduino and wired the max speed display and parts of the bar/line graph of the speeds for the variable time span.