
Gregory Sanders liked The Trash Printer - Version 3.has added a new project titled Hedge Watcher.

has added a new log for Not-so-smart capacitive discharge spot welder.

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Plus it apparently kept all the lights in his house from flickering when the elements kicked in at 100%, which was a nice bonus. After coming up with a circuit that allowed him to control the dimmer with the Arduino, this module gave for much finer control over the chamber temperature. There’s the expected thermocouple to detect the current temperature, but while the earlier versions of the electronics used the aforementioned SSR to control the heating elements, eventually replaced it with a dimmer module rated for 4000 watts.
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So he added an additional halogen heating element at the top of the oven which pushed that rate up to 6 degrees per second.Ĭontrol is provided by an Arduino Pro Mini and a touch screen display with some very slick graphics. Even after wrapping the heating chamber with ceramic insulation, a feature that was likely left off the original oven to cut costs, he says the temperature would only rise about 1 degree per second. Unfortunately, the heating elements weren’t quite where he wanted them. Luckily, it ended up being the perfect size for PCBs. Though he soon found out why: when it arrived, the so-called “pizza oven” was far smaller than he’d imagined. But in the end he actually found a German model cheap enough that he could buy it new without going over budget for the project. This build started as most do, with a search for a used toaster oven. But if you’re like and willing to put in a bit more effort, the final result can be a capable piece of equipment that will be the envy of the hackerspace. A minimal example isn’t much more than a old toaster oven, a Solid State Relay (SSR), a thermocouple, and a microcontroller to get them all talking. We’ve seen plenty of simple reflow ovens, and there’s an excellent chance that some of the people reading these words have even thrown their own together.
