Not a whole lot has happened since my last post; at least not a whole lot of projects that I’m talking about :)
I’ve been busy working on a Windows Phone 7 game, writing VHDL for one hardware project, thinking through a second hardware project, and will be working on yet another hardware project soon ;) These I will probably post about eventually, but not until they’re further along…
Some of these projects are explicitly going to have the first revision done in 2 weeks though, so I should have plenty to talk about then!
I have started getting set up to compile code for the LPC134x chips that I’m using in everything recently, as I will need to be able to program them shortly – I’ve got the devkitARM toolchain installed and am modifying the GBA compilation toolchain to be able to compile for these devices. Just started that earlier today and not quite done yet.
I’ve also designed circuit boards for a toaster oven reflow controller (including images below) – This is a two-board solution, one deals primarily with switching the high voltage using optoisolated triacs (thanks eagan for pointing me in this direction, I was originally thinking of relays) – The other board is another LPC1342 with a flash chip to store configuration and run data. It has some buttons and an LCD for user interface.
These will be in Laen’s Jan. 3rd order, and I will be trying oven reflow very shortly after they come back :) I also have come up with a few other interesting things to control with this, and will have to report back on my success with that at a later time…
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April 16th, 2012 at 5:24 am
Hello Stephen,
Did you finished your toaster oven reflow controller project ?
I would like to build a DIY refusion oven
Thanks for any comments/updates
Regards,
JC
April 16th, 2012 at 10:37 am
Yes, it is finished and working very well.
See:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgstair/sets/72157626313067340/
And also:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgstair/sets/72157629831726017/