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A project log for RPI based thermostat

RPI, 18B20+ 1-wire, wifi, touchscreen

robRob 10/26/2015 at 19:110 Comments

I have the 'basics' of this working together. For now, that means that I can track the temperature, view the current and desired temperature on a 3.5" touchscreen, activate a relay to turn on the burner, and log when the burner is on or off. There's no packaging yet, as I have to figure out some kind of enclosure to put this all together, Here's a shot of all the components wired together (except the relay to the actual burner).

Also, here is the circuit I used to drive the relay and activate the burner.

So far I've had everything running for about 20 hours, and it mimics my regular home thermostat pretty closely.

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