Good day to all,
Im looking to design a rig that allows me text the thermal capabilities of materials (mainly metals). I,d like to accurately control the heat source so I can calculate the power consumption for heat calculations. I would also need to measure the heatsource.
I wounding if anyone can point me in the right direction on how to do this?
I'm thinking i will need a high power resistor controlled by an accurate adjustable power supply, then a PicAxe than could measure the voltage / current somehow to give me a power value. Then using some thermocouples on the heat source connected to a picaxe to gather temp data
Is this along the right lines?
Im looking to design a rig that allows me text the thermal capabilities of materials (mainly metals). I,d like to accurately control the heat source so I can calculate the power consumption for heat calculations. I would also need to measure the heatsource.
I wounding if anyone can point me in the right direction on how to do this?
I'm thinking i will need a high power resistor controlled by an accurate adjustable power supply, then a PicAxe than could measure the voltage / current somehow to give me a power value. Then using some thermocouples on the heat source connected to a picaxe to gather temp data
Is this along the right lines?