UpCycle It - R2I - #1 - Introduction

RE: UpCycle It - R2I - #1 - Introduction

Robert Peter Oakes — Mon, 27 Mar 2017 04:54:21 GMT

You need to also remember HEAT RISES

position of the heat element relative to the eggs and also the temperature sensor is important. and as already stated, heat sources have a thermal mass and will continue to heat well after you remove power from them, especially if you're not using proportional control (Basic On/Off), a simple relay control will not be as good as a solid state relay with a PID loop tuned to suit the project. (Readily available as an arduino library or C class)

RE: UpCycle It - R2I - #1 - Introduction

shabaz — Sun, 26 Mar 2017 01:11:14 GMT

It's a shame the Edison is power-efficient, otherwise you could have put a few of them inside, and designed it so they perform useful computation until the inside is at the right temperature, and then they slow down the computation. Kind-of like a reverse of a data center in a shipping container that is cooled : )

Or, place competitor processors inside (The Pi 3 would reach 7W with a heavy processing load : )), and use the Edison to shut them down [View:/resized-image/__size/16x16/__key/commentfiles/f7d226abd59f475c9d224a79e3f0ec07-0a508887-d04d-44f9-b4de-bccb3215d74c/2146.contentimage_5F00_1.png:16:16]

RE: UpCycle It - R2I - #1 - Introduction

Robert Peter Oakes — Sat, 25 Mar 2017 20:17:27 GMT

A tip would be to ensure the plastic of the fridge interior will take the heat from the tape

If you are planning on using Mains powered heaters this become more critical as a failure could lead to injury or Fire. also in this case, you need to be sure to follow code hen it comes to wiring etc (You may not be the only one sticking your hands in there.

what happens if the controller locks up in the on mode,?... so think safety cutout features etc.

RE: UpCycle It - R2I - #1 - Introduction

DAB — Fri, 24 Mar 2017 18:48:23 GMT

Nice update.

I like the idea of using the sensors to monitor the environment within the refrigerator.

We take for granted that it is stable and good for the food inside.

It would be very interesting to see what really happens.

DAB

RE: UpCycle It - R2I - #1 - Introduction

fvan — Fri, 24 Mar 2017 11:32:44 GMT

Interesting idea! Looking forward to the final demo [View:/resized-image/__size/16x16/__key/commentfiles/f7d226abd59f475c9d224a79e3f0ec07-0a508887-d04d-44f9-b4de-bccb3215d74c/contentimage_5F00_1.png:16:16]

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COMPACT — Fri, 24 Mar 2017 11:12:44 GMT

Did you know you can use decomposed Pee as a refrigerant? [View:/resized-image/__size/16x16/__key/commentfiles/f7d226abd59f475c9d224a79e3f0ec07-0a508887-d04d-44f9-b4de-bccb3215d74c/contentimage_5F00_3890.png:16:16]