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Controlling temperature in a room can be a complicated task.

It depends on the room obviously, conditions needed in that room, the amount and types of sensors installed etc.

For keeping this system somewhat general, as there should be no artificial limits, starting from simple solutions and then adding complexity seems the way to go. Also this system should still work if some non essential sensors fail.

The system this device is intended to control, composes of a heating element and a heat carrier which distributes heat around the room.

 
Heater controller hardware

Starting from hardware side of things, all components were tested separately on breadboard. Putting all this together in a manageable package is just a bit of work.

 

The compnents used here are:

1x Arduino Duemilanove board

 

As usual a lot of work is done because there is an itch to scratch. The reason for this heater controller project is simple. My house has a underfloor water heating system, where water is warmed up by direct flow electric heater from www.starlevel.ee. A fireplace is also used for heating. 

 

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