Re: [Emc-developers] Smoker - Re: AVR Brain Barfing

2010-12-22 Thread andy pugh
On 22 December 2010 15:11, John Thornton wrote: > I'm reading up on bit banging now. I am almost surprised that there isn't already an SPI bit-banging comp for EMC2. As long as the components are flexible in their timing then shifting one bit per base thread ought to be pretty easy. I did some

Re: [Emc-developers] Smoker - Re: AVR Brain Barfing

2010-12-22 Thread John Thornton
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/produc

Re: [Emc-developers] Smoker - Re: AVR Brain Barfing

2010-12-22 Thread Jonathan George
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:

Re: [Emc-developers] Smoker - Re: AVR Brain Barfing

2010-12-22 Thread John Thornton
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 w

Re: [Emc-developers] Smoker - Re: AVR Brain Barfing

2010-12-22 Thread John Thornton
I'm still trying to digest all the ideas and yes a USB interface would be the best. I'm not sure if this may be part of the puzzle or not. http://www.sparkfun.com/products/8165 It does seem to me that a thermocouple amplifier chip would be needed like the AD594 or the thermocouple to digital con

Re: [Emc-developers] Smoker - Re: AVR Brain Barfing

2010-12-21 Thread Dave
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

Re: [Emc-developers] Smoker - Re: AVR Brain Barfing

2010-12-21 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Tue, 2010-12-21 at 11:36 -0600, Jon Elson wrote: > 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. Thi

Re: [Emc-developers] Smoker - Re: AVR Brain Barfing

2010-12-21 Thread Jon Elson
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 ther

[Emc-developers] Smoker - Re: AVR Brain Barfing

2010-12-21 Thread Kirk Wallace
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 th

[Emc-developers] Smoker - Re: AVR Brain Barfing

2010-12-20 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Mon, 2010-12-20 at 16:33 -0600, John Thornton wrote: ... snip > 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 > sm

Re: [Emc-developers] Smoker - Re: AVR Brain Barfing

2010-12-19 Thread John Thornton
Michael, Thanks I think that is what I was looking for. I actually have some one-wire stuff but it was too old and not the right shape. John Michael Haberler wrote: > Am 19.12.2010 um 21:05 schrieb Kirk Wallace: > > >> need to get the temperature information in. You would need an analog >>

Re: [Emc-developers] Smoker - Re: AVR Brain Barfing

2010-12-19 Thread Dave
Better yet, just the the relay ladder logic in EMC2 to do the sequencing. On 12/19/2010 3:31 PM, Kirk Wallace wrote: > On Sun, 2010-12-19 at 21:16 +0100, Michael Haberler wrote: > ... snip > >> simpler solution: use a one-wire sensor and 1-wire USB bus adapter >> in linux use owfs (see owfs.or

Re: [Emc-developers] Smoker - Re: AVR Brain Barfing

2010-12-19 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Sun, 2010-12-19 at 21:16 +0100, Michael Haberler wrote: ... snip > simpler solution: use a one-wire sensor and 1-wire USB bus adapter > in linux use owfs (see owfs.org) > then read temperatures from the file system > done > > > alix:~# cat /mnt/1wire/bus.0/28.6B8F5B01/temperature > 15

Re: [Emc-developers] Smoker - Re: AVR Brain Barfing

2010-12-19 Thread Michael Haberler
Am 19.12.2010 um 21:05 schrieb Kirk Wallace: > need to get the temperature information in. You would need an analog > input. Since you don't really need real-time, you might be able to use > USB and this USB datalogger I found last week: > http://www.sparkfun.com/products/9147 > http://www.walla

[Emc-developers] Smoker - Re: AVR Brain Barfing

2010-12-19 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Sun, 2010-12-19 at 12:41 -0600, John Thornton 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 c