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…
With the Experimenting with Thermistors Design Challenge drawing to a close in just a few days, here comes my final blog post. In this post, I continue testing thermistors in a more destructive fashion, attempt to resolve the question of thermistor r...
Finally, I have got some results!
Before we delve into the room heating results, I would like to note a few observations:
Ring thermistors do not seem to be appropriate for measuring air temperature (this might be obvious to many). Compare thermiste...
This is my final blog post for the Experimenting With Thermistors challenge.
After experimenting with thermistors for over a month, it is time to put all of the things I’ve learned into practice: It’s time to add a thermistor to my hummin...
Let's measure some temperatures using Molex thermistors! But, where shall we begin?
A thermistor is basically a resistive element whose electrical resistance changes when it is subjected to heat. So, if we can sense this change in resistance, we can ...
For this Experimenting With Thermistors challenge, element14 and Molex provided us with a kit of 10 different thermistors to experiment with. After experimenting and researching for the last few months, I wondered if perhaps not all of them are ...
The last blog was a difficult one, as the experiments were long, but the reward was a set of characterisation results that seemed to match well with the datasheet information (just with an offset). But my proposal for this “experimenting-with&r...
This last week or so I've been experimenting with a way to read temperatures from multiple thermistors.
But First... before we talk about thermistors some more, let’s hear it for the case they came in, ok? These things are often o...
In the last blog, I went off-track a little to explore the practicality of implementing a multi-thermistor acquisition system using an ESP8266 and learned quite a bit about the practicality of hacking digital I/O pins as sources, the difficulties of ...
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 wou...
The thermistors were provided mostly with pigtail wires, and a few had special connectors that, sadly, I don't have a match for.
So I decided to solder some breadboard friendly ends onto all of the thermistors in the kit, to make it easier to exp...
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…
