DIY Networked Arduino Dual stage temp. controller w/ logging/graphing

[maierhof]

So I got the Arduino connected to its network shield. I also got an RGB LCD to display the Target Temp and the Actual Temp. I wrote some code to change the LCD backlight to Red, Green, or Blue based on whether the controller was Heating, Just right, or Cooling so that I could tell at a glance what the thing was doing...
...
More to come as I get time.
(Continued....)

genius build - looking forward to the bread crumbs manual for putting this together to follow along this trail...
I have installed php and mysql before when I stitched together my phpnuke site years ago.
Things have changed a bit since then I think... lol
Seriously though great ideas here... I love the color idea too its perfect for my sideXside in the garage through a glass door from my office seat.

FuzzeWuzze- I really flipped out over your idea too but was kicked in the gut at the end there - what a bummer they bailed. This seems like a great way to acheive everything we might want to do too - gawd I love opensource!

 

[BoulderBayBrewing]

timdsmith72, Nice work! I've been looking for something that allows you to monitor and control temps for awhile. Looks like I'm going to have to try this!

A couple of questions for you, what size of enclosure did you use? Also I'm planning on powering a chest freezer with this, are the 10A relays enough? I believe that when the compressor starts up it can drawn more than 10 amps.

 

[FuzzeWuzze]

timdsmith72, Nice work! I've been looking for something that allows you to monitor and control temps for awhile. Looks like I'm going to have to try this!

A couple of questions for you, what size of enclosure did you use? Also I'm planning on powering a chest freezer with this, are the 10A relays enough? I believe that when the compressor starts up it can drawn more than 10 amps.

The stc1000 uses 10a relays, so it will be fine

 

[timdsmith72]

timdsmith72, Nice work! I've been looking for something that allows you to monitor and control temps for awhile. Looks like I'm going to have to try this!

A couple of questions for you, what size of enclosure did you use? Also I'm planning on powering a chest freezer with this, are the 10A relays enough? I believe that when the compressor starts up it can drawn more than 10 amps.

The enclosure is roughly 8x5x3. It's not a Radio Shack enclosure, I got it from a little electronics shop. A radio shack enclosure of roughly the same size should work fine.

I use a chest freezer as well. The 10A relays will be fine.
As FuzzeWuzze says, the STC1000 uses 10A relays. I used one of those for a couple of years with no issues.

 

[mrstevenund]

The original project is almost identical to what I started last winter, but didn't get it finished before a cross-country move. I'm still trying to put together the brewery.

I was using COSM (now Xively) for the logging. I'll may use some ov these ideas discussed here when I get back to it.