Hi all! I am not very skilled with electronics, however, I am looking either for a professional or someone who is a skilled hobbyist with electronics for a project. Or even someone maybe to just help me through making it myself.
I need a way to control a battery voltage that goes into a heating element, but wirelessly. It will be something like a google nest except it doesn’t just monitor the temperature, you can also change it from an app or a wireless controller. For a more specific example, it would be like controlling the temperature of a heating blanket from your phone or wireless remote. Is this even possible? I saw a device called Smart PID but it was huge. I am hoping it can be done with a small arduino device hooked up to a 3.7v battery.
Any input or help would be much appreciated.
There are at least two parts to your project - deal with them separately to start with.
Have you got the heating control to work using data coming from the Arduino Serial Monitor? If not that should be the first step.
When that works you will just need to replace the flow of data from the Serial Monitor with data from the wireless device.
You have not told us the distance over which the wireless needs to work. Nor have you told us where the the data (to be sent by wireless) will come from.
What will be providing the energy for the heating element?
...R
hanndj:
Hi all! I am not very skilled with electronics, however, I am looking either for a professional or someone who is a skilled hobbyist with electronics for a project. Or even someone maybe to just help me through making it myself.
I need a way to control a battery voltage that goes into a heating element, but wirelessly. It will be something like a google nest except it doesn’t just monitor the temperature, you can also change it from an app or a wireless controller. For a more specific example, it would be like controlling the temperature of a heating blanket from your phone or wireless remote. Is this even possible? I saw a device called Smart PID but it was huge. I am hoping it can be done with a small arduino device hooked up to a 3.7v battery.
Any input or help would be much appreciated.
I hope what you mean by controlling the voltage to the heating pad you mean turning the voltage on and off rapidly so the actual power ( volts X amps x time ) can be adjusted. This is the same as controlling a motor speed by doing the same procedure. This is something an Arduino loves to do.
Paul