Hello everyone!
I am planning on starting a bigger electronics project which involves creating my own weather station from scratch. I am still in the planning stages of it, but I have compiled a list of what I want the station to be able to measure and I have also decided on the shape & concept it should have. I realized that I would like it to be outdoors, so it would have to be waterproof. I want my station to be completely modular, with each sensor unit physically looking and behaving like a lego block (so if I want the station to measure something new, I'd just add a new block-shaped module on top of the others). For this connection to work, I'm planning on using a 4-pin connector (VCC, GND, SDA, SCL), alternatively 5-pin (VCC, GND, SDA, SCL, Analog stuff) which would connect between the block modules.
So, to my question: I need to find a suitable connector. I would ultimately like the block-shaped modules to connect to each other (again) like legos do, aka. there would be a male connector on top of each module and a female on bottom of each one. The problem is, I have spent hours looking online without finding a suitable connector. If it's going to be on top of each module and be waterproof, it can't have screws or clips because the user can't get underneath to unscrew or unclip. The user should just be able to pull the whole module out. So basically tl:dr; is there any 4 or 5-pin connector you can purchase as a hobbyist/student that is waterproof without requiring the user to unscrew/unclip/unwhatever it?
I haven't made any drawings of the weather station idea yet, but if it's difficult to understand my ideas, reply and I'll make a drawing for you. The backup plan is making the connections go on the side of each module instead of on the top and bottom so the user can reach the connectors.
I am planning on starting a bigger electronics project which involves creating my own weather station from scratch. I am still in the planning stages of it, but I have compiled a list of what I want the station to be able to measure and I have also decided on the shape & concept it should have. I realized that I would like it to be outdoors, so it would have to be waterproof. I want my station to be completely modular, with each sensor unit physically looking and behaving like a lego block (so if I want the station to measure something new, I'd just add a new block-shaped module on top of the others). For this connection to work, I'm planning on using a 4-pin connector (VCC, GND, SDA, SCL), alternatively 5-pin (VCC, GND, SDA, SCL, Analog stuff) which would connect between the block modules.
So, to my question: I need to find a suitable connector. I would ultimately like the block-shaped modules to connect to each other (again) like legos do, aka. there would be a male connector on top of each module and a female on bottom of each one. The problem is, I have spent hours looking online without finding a suitable connector. If it's going to be on top of each module and be waterproof, it can't have screws or clips because the user can't get underneath to unscrew or unclip. The user should just be able to pull the whole module out. So basically tl:dr; is there any 4 or 5-pin connector you can purchase as a hobbyist/student that is waterproof without requiring the user to unscrew/unclip/unwhatever it?
I haven't made any drawings of the weather station idea yet, but if it's difficult to understand my ideas, reply and I'll make a drawing for you. The backup plan is making the connections go on the side of each module instead of on the top and bottom so the user can reach the connectors.