Well I picked this own brand argos toaster oven ready to develop a controller for it. They cost £20 and are 900w/9litre with 3 trays, heres a few pics:
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Notice with the first pic, there is a hole ready made in the side just the right size for a thermocouple. It seems good quality, good size and the door opens downwards
Will let you know how it goes after testing, got a few protos to build.
Toaster Oven - Argos UK
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Re: Toaster Oven - Argos UK
What's the PCB tray size ?
Can't quite see the heater shape from the pic - is it a single bare or a U?
Can't quite see the heater shape from the pic - is it a single bare or a U?
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Re: Toaster Oven - Argos UK
Each tube is just a single straight tube(top and bottom) but I have seen these for sale elsewhere, I cant see if being too difficult to add another one.
The grill rack is around 230mm x 200mm, the roasting tin style tray is about 250x200 and theres a flat crumb catcher which fits on the shelf sliders.
The grill rack is around 230mm x 200mm, the roasting tin style tray is about 250x200 and theres a flat crumb catcher which fits on the shelf sliders.
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Re: Toaster Oven - Argos UK
I managed to have a proper test today with home made stencils and human temp control Its spot on, heats up evenly, works well and its cheap, just waiting for my solid state relays to arrive to slightly automate the process. If my stencil was a little better made it would have been flawless
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Re: Toaster Oven - Argos UK
What type of microcontroller are you using? An arduino possibly? if so please share the sketch, even if it is not fully developed. My toster oven is werking quite well and I am still adding in code as time passes. Tom
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I've not coded it yet, but will add it when its done
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