By request I made a board that holds 8 channel temp controller. In this solution the sensors had be digital for high accuracy in a noisy environment, but there are also analog inputs that enables the module to be used as a generic 8ch PID controller.

Structure

Each channel can select input source, ether digital SPI or analog input (12bit resolution). Each channel has it’s own PID and control settings.

The controller can be configured to work in many different ways.
The unit is powered by a 5 to 24v and can send status and settings trough an RS232 port.

Temp Sensor

I used a small 5-pin SOT23 temp IC, LM95071 SPI/MICROWIRE 14-Bit Temperature Sensor. This gives me resolution of 0.03125°C between −40°C to +150°C.

Board

 

Demo Video (sorry, there is only a Swedish version)

 

Settings

UART = 115200
RAW data to controller must start with $ and end with #                !!!

Standard Functions

INF   $INF#          Show info data

CLR   $CLR#         Clear (Resets) Settings, “Do not effect eeprom settings”

SAV   $BRN#        Save settings data to EEprom (Burn current data into Eeprom)

UPD   $UPD#       Update settings data from eeprom

SWV $SFW#        Show FW version

TempSensor port -> Temp Channel Select function

Select which TempSensor ( SPI port ) that selected TempChannel(PID regulator channel) should get it’s temperature from.

TCS   $TCS@1*3#       Temp Channel Set, TempChannel 1 is set to use TempSensor on port 3

Enable/Disable functions

TCE   $TCE*1#     Temp controller Enable/Disable   0=Disable, 1=Enable (on enabled PID (I) is reset to Zero). All channels will be Enabled/Disabled. Only channels that is Enabled “CHE” will be activated on $TCE*1#    

CHE   $CHE*1#     Channel 1 Temp Control Enable      (CH 1->8)
on enabled PID (I) is reset to Zero.

CHD   $CHD*1#     Channel 1 Temp Control Disable    (CH 1->8)
on enabled PID (I) is reset to Zero.

 

Main Setup functions

NOC   $NOC*2#     Number of active channels “in order” that should be used “0 to 8 -> CH0 to CH8”

TUR   $TUR*20#    Temp and PID Update Rate in Hz, example = 20Hz

DUD   $DUD*2#     Debug Update Divide, “Temp Update Rate”/DUD , in example 20Hz/2 = 10Hz.  The debug data will be updated (sent) 10 times/sec

SUR   $SUR*1#     SPI update Rate ” SPI communications Freq”

0 = 140KHz
1 = 280KHz
2 = 500KHz
3 = 1MHz
4 = 2.25MHz
5 = 4.5MHz

                                   

SDS   $SDS*2#     Set Debug Status,                     example = debug is set to output channel 2 data

Debug_Status = 0;      No debug
Debug_Status = 1;      Channel 1 data
Debug_Status = 2;      Channel 2 data
Debug_Status = 3;      Channel 3 data
Debug_Status = 4;      Channel 4 data
Debug_Status = 5;      Channel 5 data
Debug_Status = 6;      Channel 6 data
Debug_Status = 7;      Channel 7 data
Debug_Status = 8;      Channel 8 data
Debug_Status = 9;      Send only every channels temp in visual form  {Value in (int)(float * 10)}
Debug_Status = 10;    Send only every channels temp in visual form  {Value in float}
Debug_Status = 11;    Send only temp from all channels in graph data

Debug 1 to 8 data format (Temperature * 10: Temp_Ref * 10: Temp_Error * 10: PID_Resualt / 10: P_Resualt / 10 : I_Resualt : D_Resualt : PWM) all values are in Short HEX and separated by “:”, new data is separated with 0x0A = “/n”.

Channel Temp Settings              

SRT   $SRT@1*51.6#    Set Reference Temperature, example set CH1 ref temp to 51.6 deg

                 

PID Settings   

SPK   $SPK@1*101.1#   Set Pid K value for selected channel, example K = 101.1 on Channel 1

SPP   $SPP@1*1.1#   Set Pid P value for selected channel, example P = 1.1 on Channel 1

SPI   $SPI@1*0.1#   Set Pid I value for selected channel, example I = 0.1 on Channel 1

SPD   $SPD@3*10.5#   Set Pid D value for selected channel, example I = 10.5 on Channel 3

 

Channel Power Settings  

SMP   $SMP@1*100#   Set Max Power “PWM Max Duty” 0-100%   example, CH1 set to 100% as max power level

SLP   $SMP@1*0#     Set Min Power “PWM Min Duty” 0-100%   example, CH1 set to 0% as max power level

Power Invert function,   For example active cooling equipment

CIE  $CIE*1#       Enable Power Inverted function on Channel 1 (0% power inverts to 100% power)
CID  $CID*1#      Disable Power Inverted function on Channel 1

Example Channel1 Settings

// Set Reference Temp
SRT@1*55.5
//// Set CH 1 K value
SPK@1*1
//// Set CH 1 P value
SPP@1*400.5
//// Set CH 1 I value
SPI@1*0.5
//// Set CH 1 D value
SPD@1*100.5
//// Set CH 1 Set Max Power
SMP@1*50
//// Set CH 1 Set Min Power
SLP@1*0
//// Set TempChannel1 to SensorPort 1
TCS@1*1      

 

Example Main Settings

// Temp/PID Update Rate in Hz
TUR*4
//// SPI update Rate , 0 = 140KHz
SUR*0
////  Set Debug Status = No Debug
SDS*0
//// Debug Update Divide
DUD*2
//// Number of Channels that is active
NOC*2