In this competition, participants will incorporate thermistors from Molex into their original experiments and designs, documenting their progress and findings along the way.
One of the backburner thoughts through this challenge was whether or not I could use a thermistor in a simple circuit to control my humming bird feeder heater. So I did a little bit of extra experimenting...
Spoiler alert: it's not that simple.
Here…
I'm Keeping It Simple Today.
There is a lot of complex math and science that goes into the manufacturing of and using of thermistors, but as a humble hobbyist end-user that can get overwhelming very quickly!
So my experiment today is going to be very…
In Blog 8, I mentioned some of the key difficulties in handling multiple analog signals such as those generated by thermistors and while working with the Arduino MKR WiFi 1010 to produce the results in Blog 9 was quite instructive, I felt that it would…
The Experimenting with Thermistors Design Challenge , sponsored by Molex and featuring Molex thermistors, has officially wrapped. We had 10 participants with 9 finishers, including the Grand Prize Winner and Runner-up. Our judges have read each blog and…
Hello everyone. About three weeks ago I received prize for my three blogs as part of Experimenting with Thermistors. I was busy so I write about it now. I originally plan to post more blogs as part of competition, but I wrongly estimated time complex...
The Experimenting with Thermistors Design Challenge, sponsored by Molex and featuring Molex thermistors, has officially wrapped. We had 10 participants with 9 finishers, including the Grand Prize Winner and Runner-up. Our judges have read each blog a...
Peltier or Resistor?
To change the temperature of the chamber I evaluated 2 alternatives: a Peltier module and resistor. Peltier modules are more versatile as they are heat pumps that can either heat or cool depending on the current direction. On th...
One of the backburner thoughts through this challenge was whether or not I could use a thermistor in a simple circuit to control my humming bird feeder heater.So I did a little bit of extra experimenting...
Spoiler alert: it's not that simple.
Here w...
This is the third project in my experimenting with thermistors blog. An interesting technology based on heat sensing is the heat seeking missile. This is where I got an idea of making a heat following robot. We have seen line following robots. They a...
Thermistor selection
As part of the design challenge I received 10 different thermistors:
213860-1637 NTC Ring Thermistor, 10 kΩ, 1% Tolerance213860-2637 NTC Ring Thermistor, 10 kΩ, 2% Tolerance213862-2637 NTC Ring Thermistor,&n...
I proposed three experiments with thermistors in my first blog, this is the first one. Using a thermistor as a thermal switch for auto-cutoff/thermal protection of electrical appliances. This can help check for overheating of electrical appliances su...
Intro
This has been an interesting challenge, but very rough. I got ill and have not been able to bounce back.. However the challenge requires 2 blogs, so I will attempt to publish what I have accomplished so far in this second blog. The 2 applicatio...
Experiments on the propagation of heat #2
Introduction
Hi, I'm Carlo Russo. In this second blog, we're going to do a simple heat transfer experiment using thermistors as sensors.The experiments in this blog will be based on Fourier'...
First off, this Design Challenge has been a blast. I actually had to dust out the mental cobwebs and derive some equations because I hooked up my circuits differently than those on the internet examples. I truly feel less foggy-brained.&n...
One of the backburner thoughts through this challenge was whether or not I could use a thermistor in a simple circuit to control my humming bird feeder heater. So I did a little bit of extra experimenting...
Spoiler alert: it's not that simple.
Here…
I'm Keeping It Simple Today.
There is a lot of complex math and science that goes into the manufacturing of and using of thermistors, but as a humble hobbyist end-user that can get overwhelming very quickly!
So my experiment today is going to be very…
In Blog 8, I mentioned some of the key difficulties in handling multiple analog signals such as those generated by thermistors and while working with the Arduino MKR WiFi 1010 to produce the results in Blog 9 was quite instructive, I felt that it would…
The Experimenting with Thermistors Design Challenge , sponsored by Molex and featuring Molex thermistors, has officially wrapped. We had 10 participants with 9 finishers, including the Grand Prize Winner and Runner-up. Our judges have read each blog and…
