Comments on: Arduino Control Of Alton Brown Smoker http://www.casualhacker.net/blog/2010/01/arduino-control-of-alton-brown-smoker/ I'm Tim and this is my blog. I just started a year-long trip around the world on 7/1/08. Wed, 09 Nov 2011 04:30:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ricky http://www.casualhacker.net/blog/2010/01/arduino-control-of-alton-brown-smoker/comment-page-1/#comment-136749 Ricky Sat, 28 May 2011 18:09:34 +0000 http://www.casualhacker.net/blog/?p=447#comment-136749 Hmmm ... why not just wire up a linev thermostat? I use a Johnson Controls A419 that cost me $45, some romex and a GFI outlet. Set it to 210F on heating mode, plug in the hotplate and set it to low. I guess it's the same thing, but you don't have to build it ;) Hmmm … why not just wire up a linev thermostat? I use a Johnson Controls A419 that cost me $45, some romex and a GFI outlet. Set it to 210F on heating mode, plug in the hotplate and set it to low. I guess it’s the same thing, but you don’t have to build it ;)

]]> By: Rory http://www.casualhacker.net/blog/2010/01/arduino-control-of-alton-brown-smoker/comment-page-1/#comment-132376 Rory Mon, 25 Apr 2011 00:38:15 +0000 http://www.casualhacker.net/blog/?p=447#comment-132376 I need to build one of these for my AB smoker. Now that you've had a chance to use it for a while, I'm curious to know if you have any suggestions for improvement or just to make things easier. Great project, thanks for sharing it. I need to build one of these for my AB smoker. Now that you’ve had a chance to use it for a while, I’m curious to know if you have any suggestions for improvement or just to make things easier.

Great project, thanks for sharing it.

]]> By: Tim http://www.casualhacker.net/blog/2010/01/arduino-control-of-alton-brown-smoker/comment-page-1/#comment-91401 Tim Thu, 22 Apr 2010 00:51:10 +0000 http://www.casualhacker.net/blog/?p=447#comment-91401 Good question. Probably more than you'd think. :-) RBBB Arduino board: $12.50 at moderndevice.com 3 LED digits: $3 at surplus store breadboard: $12 at sparkfun.com (if you don't have one, or just solder it up for cheaper) relay: $2 at sparkfun.com (not the exact one I used) LED, caps, resistors, diode: a few dollars; you probably already have them power transistor: a dollar? probably overkill DS18B20 temp sensor: $5 most places power strip: $2 at cheap places All told I'd say less than $40 in parts. Cheaper if you already have some stuff. It's still on my todo list to do a version that uses an LCD display, because the LEDs are just too hard to read outdoors. Good question. Probably more than you’d think. :-)
RBBB Arduino board: $12.50 at moderndevice.com
3 LED digits: $3 at surplus store
breadboard: $12 at sparkfun.com (if you don’t have one, or just solder it up for cheaper)
relay: $2 at sparkfun.com (not the exact one I used)
LED, caps, resistors, diode: a few dollars; you probably already have them
power transistor: a dollar? probably overkill
DS18B20 temp sensor: $5 most places
power strip: $2 at cheap places

All told I’d say less than $40 in parts. Cheaper if you already have some stuff. It’s still on my todo list to do a version that uses an LCD display, because the LEDs are just too hard to read outdoors.

]]> By: Ben http://www.casualhacker.net/blog/2010/01/arduino-control-of-alton-brown-smoker/comment-page-1/#comment-89752 Ben Wed, 14 Apr 2010 20:22:44 +0000 http://www.casualhacker.net/blog/?p=447#comment-89752 This is cool.. What do you think the total cost would be to gather the parts needed to build one of your thermostats? I can't believe what the commercial versions of this costs. This is cool.. What do you think the total cost would be to gather the parts needed to build one of your thermostats? I can’t believe what the commercial versions of this costs.

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