A thermocouple datalogger based on the Arduino platform
Tags: Arduino, datalogger, temperature, thermocouple
Updated with new Arduino code July 8 2012.
It never hurts to collect more data, and I often find myself wanting to record temperatures from a few extra animals. Most (all?) commercial thermocouple dataloggers that will record temperatures from multiple thermocouples cost several hundred or thousands of dollars. I set out to put together a relatively cheap 8-channel thermocouple datalogger based on the open-source Arduino development platform.
My 8-channel thermocouple datalogger. A single type-T thermocouple is plugged in to one of … Continue Reading