Monitoring Grill Temperature (is it hot)
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Monitoring Grill Temperature (is it hot)
I have never used the temperature sensor function on the gem.
Is it possible to use a high temperature RTD to monitor the temp of my grill (it doesn't need to be super accurate - just want to know if i have left it on!)
If it is possible does distance matter? I would need to run a 100ft back to the GEM would that represent an issue?
Is it possible to use a high temperature RTD to monitor the temp of my grill (it doesn't need to be super accurate - just want to know if i have left it on!)
If it is possible does distance matter? I would need to run a 100ft back to the GEM would that represent an issue?
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Re: Monitoring Grill Temperature (is it hot)
Installing a Dallas 1 Wire (DS18B20) for a single 100 foot run won't be a problem. The sensor offers a range from -40'C ~ 125'C / -40'F ~ 257'F and has an accuracy of 0.5+/-. 22-4 alarm wire can be used to make that run with no problems . . .scyto wrote: ↑Mon Mar 15, 2021 12:25 pmI have never used the temperature sensor function on the gem.
Is it possible to use a high temperature RTD to monitor the temp of my grill (it doesn't need to be super accurate - just want to know if i have left it on!)
If it is possible does distance matter? I would need to run a 100ft back to the GEM would that represent an issue?
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Re: Monitoring Grill Temperature (is it hot)
Thanks!
Any experience of using https://cdn-learn.adafruit.com/download ... 31850k.pdf - while not drop in replacements these can talk the 1-wire protocol and allow any k type thermocouple to be used.
I guess ben would need to weigh in?
Any experience of using https://cdn-learn.adafruit.com/download ... 31850k.pdf - while not drop in replacements these can talk the 1-wire protocol and allow any k type thermocouple to be used.
I guess ben would need to weigh in?
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Re: Monitoring Grill Temperature (is it hot)
We don't have any plans to add any more sensing to the GEM. The timings are pretty tight to get all 8 sensors reading (and the same process is used to read pulse counters).scyto wrote: ↑Mon Mar 15, 2021 7:29 pmThanks!
Any experience of using https://cdn-learn.adafruit.com/download ... 31850k.pdf - while not drop in replacements these can talk the 1-wire protocol and allow any k type thermocouple to be used.
I guess ben would need to weigh in?
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Re: Monitoring Grill Temperature (is it hot)
Thanks, exactly what i needed to know.
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Re: Monitoring Grill Temperature (is it hot)
You could piggyback off the WeatherFlow stuff if you want to put something together. There's a script running absorbing all the UDP information the devices put out.
https://weatherflow.github.io/Tempest/api/udp/v143/
The obs_air packet is what you'd have to reproduce.
We may make a generic webcall to inject temperature values eventually.
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Re: Monitoring Grill Temperature (is it hot)
Thanks i built an ESP based module instead