an aquarium heater is what I had in mind for mine as well, inspired by this post I saw a long time ago
I have the styrofoam box I made and glued together and sealed all the cracks, but I havn't put in the effort to finish a relay circuit. The arduino + 10kOhm thermistor circuit works fine for temperature readings on the serial monitor, but coupling that to being able to turn the heater on and off is the part I'm at now.
But if aquarium heaters already come preset to shut off at certain temperatures, or are adjustable, I get that solves that problem.
The relay circuit would be a nice thing though, and I think Cathal you mentioned you made one, because it could be used for an incubator + a coffee can thermal cycler.
It'd be sweet to have a basic arduino shield / external relay circuit breadboard with some relays that'd be rated for common devices at the correct power/voltage like a 60W light bulb, heat gun, heating pad, blender...I don't know what else...
Also, has anyone gotten Pachube to broadcast their info? Do you need a piece of hardware besides just the arduino? Maybe I read their FAQ wrong but I felt like I needed an MS in computer science to make the arduino update it's info to the web
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