[Adruino] Re: What are you building?

[Tad]

I'll go first:

I have two potential Arduino projects, and one Uno to start with:

1) a thermostat that can handle a pellet stove, heat pump, resistive aux
heat, outdoor temperature and an upstairs temp sensor and run them with the
priorities that I want

2) a controller for a 1960s diesel generator that has a largely mechanical
safety and governor system that annoys me.  For instance it uses a time
delay relay that is built such that a coil on the outside of the relay
heats up when energized.  After a time this heat is enough to melt a solder
blob inside the relay which pools in the bottom of the relay, away from the
contacts.  When the solder blob cools and solidifies it can be pushed back
up against the contacts which will allow the genset to be restarted.  Also
the mechanical ball-in-cup governor is touchy to adjust and not
particularly fast to respond.

-Tad


On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 7:29 PM, <wb4jfi at knology.net> wrote:

> There has been a proliferation of small boards and development boards,
> from Arduinos to Raspberry Pis, to Odroids, or PIC Explorers, and others.
> Amateurs are adopting these platforms to build smaller, smart project of
> many different types.
>
> I am writing to let all-you-all know that AMRAD is interested in knowing
> about what projects are being done with these small microcontroller-based
> boards.  We hope to capture a knowledge of projects and information about
> using these devices for reference and educating others.  Please let us know
> what you are doing, and whether you are interested in sharing your work
> (completed or in progress) with others.  There are several board members
> that are working on how to collate this information, along with creating
> fodder themselves.
>
> Also, you may have noticed that I began the subject of this message with a
> bracketed name.  I would like to suggest that this format be used for
> emails related to this (or other) subjects, so we can quickly and easily
> identify the main subject matter of the message.  I belong to a number of
> groups where adding this information has proven beneficial.  You could go
> so far as adding [ARDUINO] or [PI] or [WHATEVER] to match your hardware
> platform of choice.
>
> Of course, I would also like to see this extended to other subject matter,
> such as [HUMOR] or [POLITICAL] or [NOTWORTHREADING].
> Thank you & 73,
> Terry, WB4JFI
>
>
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