Jonathan,

I'm so new at this kind of stuff you might have to beat me over the head 
till I understand :)

Ok the Arduino Uno and a couple of Max6675's . Would I need a mini 
breadboard and some jumpers to test out with? Hmm, and some kind of 
board for the Max6675's

http://www.sparkfun.com/products/8801
http://www.sparkfun.com/products/8431

I'm reading up on bit banging now.

Thanks
John

Jonathan George wrote:
> Once again, the arduino can be used to interface with several spi 
> devices (I usually just use software bit banging for something low 
> speed like this). It can also be used for your digital IO needs. It is 
> also very easy to interface with the arduino because they have a USB 
> to serial chip. Like this: http://axis.unpy.net/01198594294
>
> http://www.sparkfun.com/products/9950
>
> On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 4:53 AM, John Thornton <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>
>     I think I found something on sparkfun that fits the bill sorta
>
>     http://www.chinwah-engineering.com/USBThermocoupleProject.html
>
>     Do you guys think this could be hacked to have two Max6675's going to
>     the FT23R?
>
>     Thanks
>     John
>
>     Dave wrote:
>     > Wow.  That SPI interface is a lot simpler than I thought it
>     would be.
>     > Nice!
>     >
>     > But this doesn't address the issue of using a laptop that does
>     not have
>     > a LPT port.
>     >
>     > Still it is a slick solution.
>     >
>     > Thanks for sharing that.
>     >
>     > I would think that JT would want to use a newer laptop for this
>     app -
>     > which would not have a LPT port.. after all  we are talking
>     barbecue.  :-)
>     >
>     > There are a few memorable places I have had really good smoked
>     > barbecue.   Kansas City - I camped out there for months back in the
>     > 80's.   Land between the lakes Kentucky (a customer insisted
>     that we go
>     > there for dinner - he didn't mention that it was over an hour
>     away!),
>     > several locations in Texas, and a place in North Carolina where we
>     > waited in line for about a half an hour due to the crowd at
>     lunch time.
>     > The Montgomery Inn / Ribs King in Cincinnati is right up there
>     for ribs,
>     > but I don't think they smoke their ribs, so they might not count.
>     >
>     > Dave
>     >
>     >
>     > On 12/21/2010 8:43 AM, Kirk Wallace wrote:
>     >
>     >> On Tue, 2010-12-21 at 06:21 -0700, Jonathan George wrote:
>     >>
>     >>
>     >>> Ok, so my whole point was that in my opinion the best device for
>     >>> digitizing a thermocouples milli-volt signal is the MAX6675
>     IC. This
>     >>> device is great because all you have to do is hook the
>     thermocouple up
>     >>> to it and read the temperature using some SPI interface. I
>     have used
>     >>> these devices with an Arduino (read cheap and easy IO) with
>     EMC and
>     >>> other software. You can read several of these devices using an
>     arduino
>     >>> and I think it is the cheapest way to get a thermocouple
>     signal into a
>     >>> PC.
>     >>>
>     >>>
>     >> Or rather MAX6674:
>     >> http://datasheets.maxim-ic.com/en/ds/MAX6674.pdf
>     >>
>     >> One could just use a MAX6674, modify the number of clock bits
>     and pin
>     >> names in LTC1286.comp:
>     >>
>     http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/EMC2/serial_adc/LTC1286.comp
>     >>
>     >> Name it MAX6674.comp., comp it, three wires to a parallel port
>     breakout
>     >> board, hook up the pins and function in your .hal file and done.
>     >>
>     >>
>     >
>     >
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