Welcome to the Local Community Network (LCN) setup guide. A step-by-step reference for assembling and configuring a Raspberry Pi–based local network weather station with the DIY Teleagriculture board. Follow the sections below in order for a smooth setup experience.

What You’ll Be Building

The Minodu Local Community Network (LCN) is a self-hosted, hardware weather station that runs entirely offline and offgrid and spans a local WI-FI network. It combines a Raspberry Pi with the Teleagriculture DIY sensor board to collect, process, and serve real-time environmental data.

Setup Sections

Material List

This section lists all required hardware components, tools, and optional accessories, including the Raspberry Pi model, sensors, cables, and power supply.

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Hardware Assembly

Step-by-step instructions for physically assembling the weather station. Covers mounting the Teleagriculture board, connecting sensors, and wiring the components together safely.

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Raspberry Pi Installation

How to flash the OS, configure networking, enable SSH, and prepare your Raspberry Pi to run the Local Community Network (LCN) software stack.

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Teleagriculture Installation

Software setup for the Teleagriculture DIY weather kit. Covers driver installation, sensor calibration, and verifying that readings are coming through correctly.

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Help

Need help? Open an issue on the Minodu issue tracker or make a post on our Discussion Board.