I will mention that TI has a neural net chip/eval board now for as I recall $99. Like so many things maybe it makes sense. Regards Paul WB8TSL
On Tue, Jul 9, 2019 at 11:02 PM Chase Turner <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Glen, > > This is actually something I know a little about. > > Neural nets are most useful for feature selection, that is, finding the > important x that is a function of y, in a very large sea of x variables. In > this case, we already know what's important, which is temperature > stability. So, a neural net would be a bit much when we already know what > feature is important for function. Additionally, unless I'm mistaken, oven > control is probably a linear relationship of some sort or another, and > neural nets are much better suited for examining and revealing insights > about non-linear data. > > If you have a method by which you can collect the necessary data that has a > bearing on the oven functionality, you'd probably be better off training a > logistic classifier, and using it instead. That said, both methods would be > overkill, imo- I'd use a PID instead. > > Best, > Chase > > On Tue, Jul 9, 2019 at 10:00 PM Glen English VK1XX < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Has anyone tried to use a Neural net to control oven tmep, rather than > > the ye olde PID ? > > > > IE the algorithm learns from previous beheviour and successfully > > predicts behaviour (or not). > > > > I'm sure there are a few out there proficient with machine learning > > algorithms. > > > > Might make a good masters thesis I bet. > > > > Given that oven control based on inputs and whatever is not random, > > unlike say flicker etc. > > > > glen > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > > To unsubscribe, go to > > http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com > > and follow the instructions there. > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to > http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com and follow the instructions there.
