Two days ago, I received my finisher's prize for the contest - Experimenting with Thermal Switches.
It is a nice little PDF temperature and humidity data logger manufactured by Multicomp Pro.
The box contains the main unit of the data logg...
The winners of the element14 Community's Experimenting with Thermal Switches competition, sponsored by KEMET, and featuring its Thermorite®︎ Thermal Switches.
As I have already described in my last blog, we will be testing and recording the temperature and magnetic field values for all the sensors where the state changes from make to break or vice-versa. For cooling purposes, I'm using a compressed liq...
In the last blog, I discussed the project that I'm going to build. In this blog, I will describe my experiments with the thermal switches and a video showing the working of the project.
Since my project is to make a circuit to auto-cut off the ro...
The Story
This is the story of the Cozy Cat House, also known as The Green Barn.The idea for this project began a few years ago when one of the cats we "inherited" decided she wanted to hang around outside, even on very cold days. We didn't want her ...
**** under final sconstruction ***********
i haven't used a lot of thermal switches before although i did have a memorable incident on it. Many years ago, my brand new Philips blender stop working after i continuously use it for a minute or so....
Firstly I would like to thank both KEMET and element14 for the opportunity. I have learned a lot of things in this experiment. I had received a kit with 12 sensors and all are amazing
for their respective applications.
In this experiment, I...
Some important questions that needs to be answered
What is a Hull cell ?
A hull cell is a testing tool, or a miniature electroplating cell, in which an electroplating solution is evaluated across the range of operating conditions. An evaluatio...
I have read your blogs with a lot of excitement and interest. I personally think you produced the most interesting content on thermal switches that exists! Thank you so much for your participation and creativity.
Just to let you know, the challenge ...
Experimenting with Thermal Switches – Blog #2
Hello again. My name is Gordon Margulieux and this is blog #2 of Experimenting with Thermal Switches. First off I would like to thank Kemet (and E14) for giving me an opportunity to expe...
In the previous blog, I have tested the sensor working using Multimeter. In this blog, I have created a small project using The thermostat switch.
Thermostat Switch Based Glue gun Temperature Control and alerting Through Notification.
in this project...
The block diagram:
The plan explained in the first blog was to use 4 thermal switches for more controlled and reliable sensing. The experimental setup uses 2 thermal switches instead of 4, since the outcome is the same.
Developing the logic:
There ar...
Exploring thermal Switches
LED's performance:
LEDs are known to work better in colder temperatures. With increasing temperature, their performance/light output comes down. The present-day LED bulbs are more compact and only have a heatsink to dissipa...
Eight weeks have passed and the “Experimenting with Thermal Switches” Design Challenge draws to a close with final blogs due. In my previous blog (which seems like a long time ago), I did some thought-experiments in designing a latching c...
1. Water mixer
The second project is again related to energy efficiency. I have some solar panels installed on the roof that contribute to the heating during late fall and early spring. The water heated up by the sun is sent to the floor heati...
We have build a lot of parts for the project. Like the liquid heating element, temperature switch etc. Before assembling the whole system. We feel that each parts of the system should be tested. Video 1 shows the working system of the parts in water....
In Setup 1 the liquid is not agitated because of which the temperature of the entire liquid is not raised to appropriate temperature. Only the temperature around the hot rod is raised rest of the area temperature remains the same. Which can be seen i...
Testing The Thermal Switches Experimenter’s Kit:-
In this blog we are going to test the thermal reed switch. First we will start with TRS5-30BLR00. It is a break type and has 30’c as switching temperature. We will test it using continuity...
The Thermal Switches Experimenter’s Kit:-
The kit consist of thermal reed switch and thermal guard switch as shown in the figure 1 bellow
Figure 1
Some question that needs to be answered
What are thermal reed switch ?
Thermal Reed...
Who AM I?
I have completed my Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Electrical & Electronic Engineering. Currently, I am working as an Assistant Professor at the University of Asia Pacific, Dhaka, Bangladesh in the Department of Electrical &...
I am Hardware design Engineer and Hobbyist working on IoT project for Agriculture, House hold devices, Power Electronics devices, industrial robotics and smart devices. I am delighted to be as a participant in this "Experimenting with Therm...
