Jon, It's not just a simple temperature control... It needs some smarts, that's why ATM I'm using a PLC with a dual thermocouple input and a touch screen to and several SSR's perform the tasks. I need two or more temperature probes (thermocouples not thermisters) one controls the cabinet temperature via the recipe or the conditions I have set up and one or more monitors the internal temperature of the food and the "smart" part figures out what to do based on the recipe and the current temperatures.
What I want to do is move the "smarts" from the PLC to a PC as everyone seems to have a laptop laying about somewhere and I don't know many people that even know what PLC means. One recipe might look like this Cabinet temperature 120F, Circulation Fan On, Vent 100% open time 1:45 add smoke generator heat time 0:20 close vent to 50% ramp cabinet temperature from 120F to 145F over a 2 hour period smoke generator off cabinet temperature 160F until internal temperature reaches 145F Thanks John Jon Elson wrote: > Dave wrote: > >> Depends on what you want to do. If John wants to run some type of >> temperature vs time profile then something smart makes sense. >> >> >> > In that case, buy a ramp-and-soak temperature programmer on eBay, and > add a thermocouple and a power solid state relay. I did this for the > toaster oven I use to reflow solder circuit boards. It cost less than a > data acquisition board. > > 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 > Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net > 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 Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
