Yesterday's
journal was a total cop-out. There, I admit it. Yes, I do plan to write a
fantasy story and the character I wrote will be there but in truth I spent a
lot of my Sunday relaxing. I'm not apologizing for relaxing.
Part
of me is itching for a new project now that I've finished the tennis ball launcher. I've been hesitant to
accept a new project since I've got three significant unresolved projects;
the ESPeri.Impass, the Upcycled 3D Printer, and the ASETNIP Keyboard. No matter how hard I try I
can't shake the desire to tackle a new challenge.
Back
in 2014-05-11 I did some brainstorming for
a sous vide oven. These seem like a really bizarre way to
cook and I want to try it but the ovens are $400. I can probably build my
own for less than $20. Seriously, with a waterproof thermometer, Arduino, and a
Crock Pot I think I can safely pull this together. You better believe I'm going
to get a crock pot from the thrift store too. How could I not?
Other
people have made sous vide ovens and put instructions online but I’m going to
try to do a little better and make mine just as effective without having to
modify a cooking device. I’ve decided to go the simple route and use a relay to
control power to the heater rather than fancy work with a light dimmer.
The
advantage of not modifying a perfectly good Crock Pot is that if I screw up, I
don’t have to buy a new crock pot. The other advantage is that I’m not limited
to using just the one Crock Pot, I can plug in a cheap rice cooker and do the
same thing with no programming changes. Or I can plug in a BIG Crock Pot and
cook a lot of food or use a small cooker to save energy. Heck, I could even hook it up to an electric hot plate.
Enough
background.
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Code for the thermometer was
downloaded from bildr.org and saved to my default
Arduino project folder. The OneWire library was also necessary but came
installed with a previously downloaded version of the Arduino IDE. The bildr
code returned a float value. Code was added to turn a relay one or off every
minute (60000mS) depending on the target temperature. Code was written to
change the target temperature through button presses. Minimal code was written
to display information on a 16x2 LCD screen.
Arduino code
An
extensive list of parts and tools was written but not assembled. The enclosure
is a metal encased six receptacle power strip. The metal case will be most
suitable for modifications and should be better than inexpensive plastic which
would likely be brittle.
This a great chart from the Sous Vide Supreme site
To
do:
Assemble
tools + parts
Construct
device
Test
Revise
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