DorkbotPDX people doing strange things with electricity

This is my first time EVER blogging so let's see if I'm doing this right.

I populated one of the temperature controller boards, did some testing and then loaded the PID software and tried out the IR sensor. So far, everything seems to be working. I don't have any of the thermocouple chips to try out so that will have to await the next parts order. But so far, so good. I'll be happy to help anyone get their board built out and running.

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June 27th, at Disjecta.

www.electrogals.com

The temperature controller PC boards have arrived. I was amazed at the interest. In the end, fifteen of the boards were requested. There have been a few people who have asked for them since the order was placed so I'll probably do another order of the boards in the next PCB order.

Getting code onto the MidiMonster or Benito device.

Midi Monster Button Locations.	Benito 7g Switch Position
Benito 2010 Switch Locations	Benito Without Buttons

After a year of occasional fiddling I am finally happy with the stability and convenience of my sensor network. Some features include:

• Arduino only configuration with off-premise data recording
• Analog, digital, bynase and 1-wire support with scaling and calibration
• Device discovery, labels, documentation and tag-based grouping
• Interactive graphs at time scales from hours to years with decimation and missing-data support

For your browsing pleasure I offer my latest sensor addition, simple ac line voltage monitoring, or browse my whole network.

• http://c2.com/cybords/wiki.cgi?PowerAnalysis
• http://c2.com/~ward/arduino/SensorServer/

I've done another iteration of the temperature controller board. I decided I really wanted to provide mounting holes and that caused me to rearrange the board layout a fair amount. I decided to try to get most of the components on the side of the board which would be covered up with the LCD (assuming you put a female header on the board to plug the LCD into). The image shows a standard 16x2 LCD part from the Sparkfun library (the big rectangle) and how it would fit onto the board.

I've done a quick first pass on the PCB design for the temperature controller. There are a few things I'd like some feedback on:

What: Focused workshop: programming Midi devices using the Lightweight Usb For AVR library (Lufa) and the MidiMonster.

When: Sunday 28 Feb 2010 1-5 pm.

Where: PNCA (NW 12th and Johnson) #205

Cost: $35 (includes Midi Monster)
(If you have a MidiMonster from the PD Workshop and wish to use it please bring $10)

Materials: you Should Bring, a laptop and a mini usb cable. Please install Arduino >16 as well.

I finished building a project box and adding inputs to allow the closed loop temperature controller (http://www.instructables.com/id/Closing-the-Loop-on-Surface-Mount-Solder...) to stand alone (without needing to be connected to a computer to control it).