A few weeks ago, I installed an automatic water heater switch to my bathroom, but it was a crude device. What I really want to do is design a universal heater driver. That basic idea can be adapted to ...

We’ve been hiding away in air-conditioned comfort to wait out the hot weather afflicting most of the US right now. Luckily we’re keeping busy with the great links coming into our tips box. [Brett] ...

What Are PID Controllers? PID control is the most commonly used control algorithm, used extensively in industrial, process, and commercial applications and has been universally accepted as the easiest ...

This project implements a joystick controlled robot using an Arduino Mega 2560. The robot has two DC motors with encoders, and a joystick to control its speed and direction. The speed of the motors is ...

PID-regeling is een veelgebruikt regelalgoritme. Het nieuwe boek van Elektor is een uitstekende bron voor iedereen die een Raspberry Pi 4 of een Arduino Uno wil gebruiken in op PID gebaseerde ...

The bridge consists of a closed-loop dynamic system with feedback from the output to the input. to the input and a PID controller. The ultrasonic sensor reads the system's output (distance of the ...

Intro:For 3D pinting, different filament (ABS, PLA etc) requires a suprising accurate temperature for extrusion to get the best results. Then, even using a specific type, different colours may work ...

[George Dewar] and his wife live in a typical 1940’s house in New Zealand , which in case you didn’t know, have a little insulation in the ceiling… and nowhere else. Like most, they put up with the ...