Seriously!? A PLC, touchscreen controlled smoker?! Thats badass... Brian
On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 1:41 PM, John Thornton <[email protected]> wrote: > On the PC side of the control would be the smarts to control > temperatures and have various recipes for different temperature profiles. > > These scenarios are common when smoking > > Control the cabinet temperature only. > Control the cabinet temperature and when the internal temperature of the > meat reaches a point change the cabinet temperature to the internal > temperature just to maintain internal temperature and sound the general > alarm! > Control the cabinet temperature and ramp from one temp to the next over > a given time span. > Have recipe controlled time and temperatures. > > I do this now with a PLC with a thermocouple card and a touch screen > interface but it is far from cheap... > > I've taken house air conditioner thermostats apart and made fermenter > controllers with remote direct sensing of the temperature of the wort > but it is a simple temperature setting for that. > > http://suburb.semo.net/jet1024/Controller.htm > > So I'm well aware of the $10 temperature controllers. > > It doesn't have to be fast, just be able to get the temperature info to > the PC and be able to switch on and off some SSR's. > > John > > Jon Elson wrote: >> John Thornton wrote: >> >>> Kirk, >>> >>> Do you think something like this could be used to control the >>> temperature of a smoker cabinet with 500 watt heater? I've been wanting >>> to build something that is very cost effective that could be plugged >>> into a laptop via usb or something and control the smoker heater... >>> Being electrical engineer challenged any suggestions would be helpful. >>> >>> >>> >> You can buy various thermostats for about $30 that ought to cover the >> temp range required. >> >> Jon >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Lotusphere 2011 >> Register now for Lotusphere 2011 and learn how >> to connect the dots, take your collaborative environment >> to the next level, and enter the era of Social Business. >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/lotusphere-d2d >> _______________________________________________ >> Emc-developers mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Lotusphere 2011 > Register now for Lotusphere 2011 and learn how > to connect the dots, take your collaborative environment > to the next level, and enter the era of Social Business. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/lotusphere-d2d > _______________________________________________ > Emc-developers mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lotusphere 2011 Register now for Lotusphere 2011 and learn how to connect the dots, take your collaborative environment to the next level, and enter the era of Social Business. http://p.sf.net/sfu/lotusphere-d2d _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
