A very good friend brought up the topic of Colloidal silver. As always, my insomniac tendencies spent far too much time reading on the manufacture of this substance. Many sites suggested using batteries, odd “current limiting diodes” or the purchase devices costing hundreds of dollars. There’s general consensus on the internet that a Constant Current generator produces higher quality product. This…
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eFlow Firmware v0.0.1
eFlow v0.0.1 is complete. Please consider this as Beta software. It has been tested to assure that the functions behave as expected, though boundary tests have not been completed. That will begin in the v0.0.2 firmware. Features Network Admin Mode to set the SSID and IP address Realtime view of process conditions in your reflow oven Ability to export the process…
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These are known good PID values for appliances around my home. Determining what the proper values are started with auto tuning and then rounded off. The intent is long term stability rather than initial ramp up time. These are proven and implemented with a MYPIN TA4 PID Controller. PID Values If you do try out these values and have any feedback,…
Read MoreeFlow Hardware v0.0.1
eFlow Hardware v0.0.1 eFlow is exceedingly easy to assemble (No part smaller than 0603) and requires no difficult to source components. Circuit Bill of Materials 1 x 10uf 0603 Capacitor (C1) 2 x 1uf 0603 Capacitor (C2, C3) 2 x 0.01uf 0603 Capacitor (C4, C5) 4 x 3.3k ohm 0603 Resistor (R3, R4, R5, R6) 3 x Terminal Block, 2…
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