Experimental Incubator/ei prototype designing

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One of the most important things which we have to decide on is "how do we want to do it?" meaning mostly in this case the practical way of building up a prototype. Below are suggested strategies.


  • Industrial prototyping

Inspired by my Algoldor friend Arnd I would suggest to go what he explained to me as an "industrial prototyping". Simplified: get well supported and functional parts for bit of extra cash and build up the first fuctional prototype from them. Afterwards when the prototype is working, start to break it down part by part redesigning them or using another cheaper/more feasible variants shaping the incubator to your like, bringing the costs down. This approach seems to be bit more expensive to start with but it ensures that even less experienced contributors to the project would be able to build their functional experimental machine having than what to work with which I think is crucial.


Parts suggested for ei prototype build based on industrial prototyping scheme

Component Function Model Specifications Amount Cost (€) Purchase links Component Suggested by
Atmega328P-PU brain of control unit ??? 1x 4 Amazon Arnd
LCD Display display data ??? 1x 7 Amazon Arnd
button-switches set input/output values ??? 6x 0.60 Amazon Arnd
Power-supply-logic connect to power ??? ??? 4 ??? Arnd
Connectors for temp-probes connect the temp-probes ??? 2x 1 ??? Arnd
Temperature sensors to measure temp. ??? 2x 4-9 ??? Arnd
PCB board to mount the parts ??? 1x 3 Amazon] Arnd
Solid state relay switch on/off 220V elements ??? 2x 6-10 ??? Arnd