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'''12/18/12''' - Made this section of the wiki, looked further into building a circuit for the thermocouple.  The project may be too much work given the time constraints we are under.  I would like to bring it up to Dr. Jones to see what his thoughts are.  

'''December 18, 2012''' - Made this section of the wiki, looked further into building a circuit for the thermocouple.  The project may be too much work given the time constraints we are under.  I would like to bring it up to Dr. Jones to see what his thoughts are.  

I would like to run a test of the thermistor tomorrow by plotting the readings of the thermistor and heat gun as a functions of time.  In this way, I can see how the thermistor compares to the heat gun and determine where to go from here on out.

I would like to run a test of the thermistor tomorrow by plotting the readings of the thermistor and heat gun as a functions of time.  In this way, I can see how the thermistor compares to the heat gun and determine where to go from here on out.

'''12/20/12''' - As I was about to admit my defeat to thermocouples everywhere, I stumbled across this [[media:Thermocouple_op_amp.pdf|integrated circuit]]!  Just a few highlights of its abilities:

'''December 20, 2012''' - As I was about to admit my defeat to thermocouples everywhere, I stumbled across this [[media:Thermocouple_op_amp.pdf|integrated circuit]]!  Just a few highlights of its abilities:

1. It provides cold junction compensation and amplification with differential input/single ended output. All in one pre-made circuit.

1. It provides cold junction compensation and amplification with differential input/single ended output. All in one pre-made circuit.