===== Setting up the DFRobot Tipping Bucket =====

Manual: [[https://wiki.dfrobot.com/sen0575/|DFRobot Instrument Documentation]]

=== Parts ===

The DFRobot Tipping Bucket has a few key components when it comes to setting up the instrument.
  *Tipping Bucket - Collects water
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  *Sensor - Acts as the brain of the instrument
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  *Wires - At the end of the sensor cable, the ribbon splits into four (4) wires.
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    * Green - SDA (Serial Data Acquisition for I2C Interfacing) - GPIO Pin 3
    * Blue - SCL (Serial Clock Line for I2C Interfacing) - GPIO Pin 5
    * Red - Power (positive) - GPIO Pin 4
    * Black - Grounding power (negative) - GPIO Pin 6

=== Setting up the Probe ===

By now, you should have your Raspberry Pi computer completely set up, with a DAQ HAT. 

  - Connect the tipping bucket to the large port on the sensor
  - Connect the four colorful wires to the proper GPIO Pins (See above)
  - On a Raspberry Pi, to make the code given by the ADPAA work, you will have to enter the following command into your terminal
    - sudo pip3 install modbus_tk smbus - -break-system-packages