CharcoalRoaster wrote:

I've been trying to connect my SSRs to my TC4 and having some issues with my female dupont connectors. I get the connectors crimped onto my wire properly and inserted into the housing but when I go to slide it onto the male pins they are very loose

Any suggestions on how to better connections?

CharcoalRoaster wrote:

TC4 - I considered the TC4+ but went with the TC4 since I didn't feel like I was running an AC fan and didn't need the bluetooth. Thanks for your work on the TC4+ though! It is a great board from what I've been reading/following.

Yeah, it's male pins. I've got the wire crimped in nice and tight but can't get a firm connection with the metal female connectors in or out of the plastic housing. I was actually using a 2-pin housing which was making me so frustrated as I was thinking the same thing.

Thanks mg512!

I'll look into some screw terminals or another connector option.

renatoa wrote:

Next release should provide welding pads

CharcoalRoaster wrote:

I was looking at swapping out the pins with screw terminals but I'm not sure I'm confident enough in my (de)soldering abilities

DavidLe wrote:

Hi @mg512,

I have bought a Kit version with ship ID# (will send you if you need) via royalmail.com and paid via paypal, but the shipping were not track-able the status, its were not recognized ID# , please kindly advise how to check or please check on your side, i already email 2 times and over a week without any response from coffee@gerstgrasser.net.

Please kindly advise.

Thanks.

JackH wrote:

Back when we had the old TC4, I found that most folks had trouble loading the Arduino sketch and configuring Artisan to get things working.

Offering the TC4+ with a pre-configured sketch will help. Good work on the documentation and pulling everything together on the Instructable page.

greencardigan wrote:

I found that it was too painful and time consuming to offer preloaded sketches. I tried for a while then stopped offering it.

My personal opinion is that anyone using the TC4 should already be familiar with the Arduino system or be willing to learn it.

renatoa wrote:

With the actual profiles handling in TC4, using a separate sketch, if an user want to use TC4 standalone and load a profile, then he is forced to play with Arduino, switching sketches.
So a preloaded sketch is good only for those using full manual or connected to Artisan.
Also, Artisan and BT are not allowed to be used in same sketch in current TC4 version, so an user wanting to use both should permanently switch sketches...

Curious to hear what is the settings in user.h you load on a board ?
Customised for a specific user? Artisan output active, or not, Bluetooth? What heating model PWM/PAC/ICC ?

mg512 wrote:



Hi mg512,

I got that shipment. Thanks much.

Hi David, I received both your emails, and replied to both. I'm sorry that my messages don't seem to have gone through. Could you check your spam folder, just to see if that was the problem? Regarding tracking: There was an error in the tracking code, it should be 5443 instead of 5433. I've sent you the full code and tracking link by PM. Let me know in case this doesn't get through either. It looks like the parcel has arrived and they tried delivering it a few days ago already.

chmod755 wrote:

Hi

I hope someone sees this and can give me some guidance.

I just received my TC4+ board and I'm not sure how to make the connections.

I'm building an air blown, gas powered roaster. The air blower powered by an AC universal motor and is driven by a PWM AC dimmer circuit: https://www.tindi...50hz-60hz/

The dimmer circuit accepts 3.3V or 5V PWM signals up to 10kHz.

The propane gas is controlled by a Clippard EVP proportional valve and driven by Clippard's EVPD driver board:
https://clippard....lve-driver
The driver board accepts signals as follows: 0 to 5 VDC, 0 to 10 VDC, 0 to 20 mA, 4 to 20 mA, PWM @ ?2 kHz duty cycle

The TC4+ is able to control the dimmer circuit and the EVPD board on IO3 with IO3,x/n serial commands but I don't seem to be able to use IO2, OT1, or OT2.

I'm using the aArtisanQ_PID sketch and i've configured it to use CONFIG_PWM.

I've also tried installing a version of aArtisan_PID that enables high speed PWM on OT1 but it doesn't seem to work.

Any ideas on how I can use the TC4+ to control both the blower and the gas valve?

renatoa wrote:

Using AWRITE you should also pay attention to the frequency of generated PWM, if it is appropriate for the equipment being controlled.