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botletics / Reflowduino

Arduino-compatible wireless reflow oven controller ecosystem of open-source hardware
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Include documentation for adding ESP32 functionality and standalone displays #1

Closed ghost closed 6 years ago

ghost commented 6 years ago

I think adding some documentation for adding ESP32 modules and standalone displays would be great. There should be enough IO pins left for both, AFAIK.

botletics commented 6 years ago

Hi there, thanks for the suggestion! Sorry I didn't see this earlier. Adding support for display shields is currently in the to-do list and ESP32 support sounds fun (although I'm not sure how one would use the ESP32 with the reflow oven application)! I'll keep you updated when I add display support. In the meantime I'm launching an Indiegogo campaign for Reflowduino on December 1st!

VinnyCordeiro commented 6 years ago

There was a project of a reflow oven called Reflow Château that appeared in 2015 on Hackaday that uses a Teensy 3.1 and a graphic touchscreen display. The original website of the project is down (Internet Archive link for it works) but there is a copy of it here on Github. I've made a fork of it, as there are some missing files in the original repo.

The controller works but uses obsolete/discontinued components, namely the thermocouple IC and the solid-state relays. I had the idea to update the project, but never had the time to really do that. I hope that this project will help to improve yours. The original project uses the Apache License, so it's open source.

botletics commented 6 years ago

Awesome, thanks! I'll check it out when I get a chance.

ghost commented 6 years ago

I might be able to work on this soon, just got a Xmas sized lot of components and boards that are too much of a PITA to do without a reflow oven.

botletics commented 6 years ago

I'm working on making an Instructables tutorial and YouTube video about how to build a BLE Android app for the ESP32. Stay tuned! Maybe I could also build a custom PCB that uses the ESP32 dev board as the controller that snaps into some headers?!?!

botletics commented 6 years ago

I just posted an Instructable on how to make an Android app for two-way communication with an ESP32 using Arduino IDE! Check it out here!

tedder commented 6 years ago

esp32? ooo. I've been modding my 'duino and figure I'll switch to an esp32, perhaps a wemos-with-OLED one. hmm.

botletics commented 6 years ago

Haha yea that would have to be a completely separate board but it's doable. Just a matter of when I can find time for such things :)

tedder commented 6 years ago

Right, it'll replace the 32u4. No reason to interface with it. I'm just glad to see others may be interested in it.

botletics commented 6 years ago

Just added ESP32 support! I made a "backpack" module for this DOIT ESP32 dev board. Check out the demo code for it here!