RPi2 Noob looking for project help

Hey guys & gals,

I’m starting a project that will involve a microcontroller reading temps from a thermocouple and using that to switch on and off an electric heating element (via a solid state relay).

I’ve done some VERY basic work with an arduino in the past, and am pretty good at picking up languages (probably Python in this case). I’ve been reading and researching for the last 2 weeks, but am still not entirely sure how to proceed - i.e. I’m just dangerous enough now to be pointed in the right direction by someone who is good at this stuff.

If anyone would like to help me through this - at least some initial council - I’d be willing to bring in the beer for a little bit of your time.

-Ian

I can’t help you but I’m curious, is this for brewing beer?

Maybe :grin:

But I also have a few other projects in mind and this would be a good first step.

Can you link us a spec-sheet on the thermocouple or are you still in the process of choosing?

I ordered a MAX6675 module and K thermocouple , but for iteration 2 I may go for a pair of the newer I2C compliant ones.

Unless you need to have a computer display, a relatively complex user interface, or network connectivity, I would keep it simple with an Arduino…

Normally I would agree, but I’m trying to use what I have… Which in this case is the pi2. I also think that writing the program on github and just pulling it to the pi will make it easier in the end for me to get help when I really stumble.

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CI on an embedded project is kind of cool.

I wish I could help but I’m learning as well. I’m going to be using a thermocouple temp probe for 1 of my pi projects. Best I can say is look for some sample scripts.

That’s understandable. And if you’re good with Linux, that will get you over the major hump of using RasPi anyway.