Your opinion is to use the existing PID device? > Subject: [SS2S-Main] Re: temperature controller with arduino > From: waaslandwolf@xxxxxxxxx > Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2014 14:21:03 +0200 > To: sugarshot@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > I agree with Peter. Trying to save a mere 180$ by developing a solution that > already exists isn't good use of resources. > > > Op 30-jun.-2014 om 00:52 heeft Peter Johansson <rockets4kids@xxxxxxxxx> het > > volgende geschreven: > > > > On Sun, Jun 29, 2014 at 6:36 PM, Vicente Alvero Zambrano > > <vicente_alvero_14@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >> My idea is to use an old oven heater like the picture. > >> With respect to the PID controller, maybe it is cheaper to do it manually, > >> without writing code. > > > > One option to consider -- and an advantage to going with a homebrew > > solution -- is to simply read a configuration file containing the > > temperature profile and PID tunings over over the serial port. > > > > This way you get the maximal possible control with the minimal > > hardware cost and minimal software development time. > > > > -p. > > >