So the project is finally done other than cleaning up the box and making it look better etc…. The big question though, is, was this project really worth it? How well does this reflow toaster actually work? This is the …
This is a quick write-up to show how to configure and use the MSP430’s ADC10 in single channel/single sequence mode. Lets start off with the entire section of C-code and go from there:
This tutorial covers the basics of the TimerA0 capabilities including interrupt configuration. The Timer module counts clock cycles in an accumulation register called the “TAR” register. The chip I’m using (MSP430G2553) has 3x associated capture compare registers. These registers compare …
This section discusses the analog front end for all of my sensors. I had to do some signal conditioning which I’ll discuss in a second.
Here I discuss the power system I used for this project. It’s pretty simple and short.
This will be a quick write-up about how I did my integer division by 10 and a brief discussion of the main state machine that runs the overall 140-170-215 thermal profile.
This (ADC10 interrupt service routine) is one of the most confusing sections. Here, I sample and do most of the math and averaging calculations regarding room temperature and thermal couple temperature.
In this part I go over the MSP430 configuration for this project…ex: clocks, timers, ADC10, etc…
Here I discuss the details of me temperature control algorithm as well as some simple interrupt service routines I use to run my communication links (comm. links back to the GUI).
Here is the system demonstration. There isn’t really much to discuss in text because the video does a much better job of showing this setup in action. The profile I’ve developed is a ramp to 140 degrees C with a …