ECE434 Project - Heat Treating Oven

Team members: Geoffrey Tomlinson Joshua Giambattista

Grading Template
I'm using the following template to grade. Each slot is 10 points. 0 = Missing, 5=OK, 10=Wow!

 09 Executive Summary 09 Packaging 09 Installation Instructions 09 User Instructions 09 Highlights 09 Theory of Operation 09 Work Breakdown 09 Future Work/Conclusions 09 Hackster.io 09 Demo/Poster 00 Not Late

Score: 90/100

Executive Summary
We will be making a heat treating oven for use in Geoffrey's bladesmithing forge. The oven will be controlled by the BeagleBone which in turn will be controlled by Blynk and will log data on a google sheet. There will be a Systemd service to automatically start the program aswell.

A PowerSwitch Tail 2 will be used to control the power to the project since it requires 120 volts. A MAX31855 Thermocouple sensor will be used with a type-K thermocouple to read temperatures up to 1200C in the oven.

What works:

What doesn't work:

We believe that this project will be good practice for creating IoT devices, systemd services, and logging data. It will also be a useful addition to Geoffrey's forge.

Packaging
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Installation Instructions
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