homebuilt PID
Posted: Sat May 26, 2012 7:21 am
so NIGHTMARE scored 3 new press bays for our factory (ancient beasts from the history of snowboard manufacturing in colorado)
while we dont need that many bays (5) at the moment we hope to be growing into them in the next year. as we work out the pneumatics and electrical for each new press we realized the level of investment in each bay, around $600-800 in raw materials and electronics (not including MDF for new molds)
the most expensive single piece are the PID controllers (closely matched by heater blankets) and we need 6 of each.......
my buddy is a physics major and showed me a couple ways to make your own PID controller. the best site is listed here (http://arduino.cc/playground/Main/Bareb ... orEspresso).
has anyone attempted to build and code a PID???
i assume that this will be harder to create than just using a fan dimmer switch, however i would love to be able to have a real temperature loop controller.
a couple homebuilt PID's and a 220v homebuilt blanket would be sick for our new dyesub press however im not trying to burn down the factory just yet...... we still have one year left on the lease.
any words, help, opinions, etc would be much appreciated.
i will update with my progress as it goes.
tom
while we dont need that many bays (5) at the moment we hope to be growing into them in the next year. as we work out the pneumatics and electrical for each new press we realized the level of investment in each bay, around $600-800 in raw materials and electronics (not including MDF for new molds)
the most expensive single piece are the PID controllers (closely matched by heater blankets) and we need 6 of each.......
my buddy is a physics major and showed me a couple ways to make your own PID controller. the best site is listed here (http://arduino.cc/playground/Main/Bareb ... orEspresso).
has anyone attempted to build and code a PID???
i assume that this will be harder to create than just using a fan dimmer switch, however i would love to be able to have a real temperature loop controller.
a couple homebuilt PID's and a 220v homebuilt blanket would be sick for our new dyesub press however im not trying to burn down the factory just yet...... we still have one year left on the lease.
any words, help, opinions, etc would be much appreciated.
i will update with my progress as it goes.
tom