This Tiny '90s IBM PC Is Actually a Modern E Ink Weather Station
Weather station projects are a favorite of electronics hobbyists, but let’s face it — most of them are pretty bland. The typical formula involves using a single-board computer, an LCD display, and a rectangular 3D-printed case. This tried-and-true approach gets the job done, but a good number of these builds wind up back in the spare parts drawer before long.
If you want something different that you’ll actually be excited to display on your desk or bookshelf, then look no further than Andrzej Górski’s latest creation: the Oldputer. It is an ESP32-powered weather station built into a miniature, 3D-printed computer case resembling an IBM PC from the 1990s. The Oldputer captures indoor environmental metrics from an onboard sensor, and connects to external APIs to tell you what’s going on outside.
It boots like a vintage machine (📷: Andrzej Górski)
Inside the case is an ESP32 DevKit V1 board, a WeAct...
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