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A connected micro-controller calculates from these voltages the wind direction in 144 sectors (2.5° /
sector). Related to sector 1 is the wind direction 0° – 2,5°, sector 144 corresponds to the wind
direction 357.5°- 360°.
Sector
Gray-Code
Angle degree
Sector
Gray-Code
Angle degree
Sector
Gray-Code
Angle degree
Sector
Gray-Code
Angle degree
Sector
Gray-Code
Angle degree
Sector
Gray-Code
Angle degree
1 0 0,0 25 20 60,0 49 40 120,0 73 228 180,0 97 184 240,0 121 156 300,0
2 1 2,5 26 21 62,5 50 41 122,5 74 229 182,5 98 185 242,5 122 157 302,5
3 3 5,0 27 23 65,0 51 43 125,0 75 231 185,0 99 187 245,0 123 159 305,0
4 2 7,5 28 22 67,5 52 42 127,5 76 230 187,5 100 186 247,5 124 158 307,5
5 6 10,0 29 18 70,0 53 46 130,0 77 226 190,0 101 190 250,0 125 154 310,0
6 7 12,5 30 19 72,5 54 47 132,5 78 227 192,5 102 191 252,5 126 155 312,5
7 5 15,0 31 17 75,0 55 45 135,0 79 225 195,0 103 189 255,0 127 153 315,0
8 4 17,5 32 16 77,5 56 44 137,5 80 224 197,5 104 188 257,5 128 152 317,5
9 12 20,0 33 48 80,0 57 36 140,0 81 160 200,0 105 180 260,0 129 136 320,0
10 13 22,5 34 49 82,5 58 37 142,5 82 161 202,5 106 181 262,5 130 137 322,5
11 15 25,0 35 51 85,0 59 39 145,0 83 163 205,0 107 183 265,0 131 139 325,0
12 14 27,5 36 50 87,5 60 38 147,5 84 162 207,5 108 182 267,5 132 138 327,5
13 10 30,0 37 54 90,0 61 34 150,0 85 166 210,0 109 178 270,0 133 142 330,0
14 11 32,5 38 55 92,5 62 35 152,5 86 167 212,5 110 179 272,5 134 143 332,5
15 9 35,0 39 53 95,0 63 33 155,0 87 165 215,0 111 177 275,0 135 141 335,0
16 8 37,5 40 52 97,5 64 32 157,5 88 164 217,5 112 176 277,5 136 140 337,5
17 24 40,0 41 60 100,0 65 96 160,0 89 172 220,0 113 144 280,0 137 132 340,0
18 25 42,5 42 61 102,5 66 97 162,5 90 173 222,5 114 145 282,5 138 133 342,5
19 27 45,0 43 63 105,0 67 99 165,0 91 175 225,0 115 147 285,0 139 135 345,0
20 26 47,5 44 62 107,5 68 98 167,5 92 174 227,5 116 146 287,5 140 134 347,5
21 30 50,0 45 58 110,0 69 102 170,0 93 170 230,0 117 150 290,0 141 130 350,0
22 31 52,5 46 59 112,5 70 103 172,5 94 171 232,5 118 151 292,5 142 131 352,5
23 29 55,0 47 57 115,0 71 101 175,0 95 169 235,0 119 149 295,0 143 129 355,0
24 28 57,5 48 56 117,5 72 100 177,5 96 168 237,5 120 148 297,5 144 128 357,5
Figure 1: Thies Code table for 8 bit parallel
4 Recommendation Side Selection/ Standard Installation
In general wind measurement instruments should be able to detect the wind conditions of a large
area. In order to obtain comparable values when determining the surface wind, measurements
should be taken at a height of 10 meters over an even unobstructed area. An unobstructed area
means that the distance between the wind transmitter and an obstacle should be at least 10 times
the height of the obstacle (s. VDI 3786). If it is not possible to fulfil this condition, then the wind
transmitter should be set up a height where local obstacles do not influence the measured values to
any significant extent (approx. 6 - 10 m above the obstacle).
The wind transmitter should be set up in the centre of flat roofs and not on the roof side in order to
avoid bias in the direction (privileged directions).