> From:         William Chops Westfield[SMTP:westfw@MAC.COM]
> Sent:         Friday, January 16, 2004 6:19 AM
> To:   PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject:      Re: [EE:] About test boxes (hot and cold)

> the January Circuit Cellar Ink magazine had a project where the author
> had converted a cheap (relatively speaking) peltier drink cooler into
> a CPU-controlled temperature chamber.  It was quite a reasonable
> article.
> I believe they only got 8 to 60C out of it, though.  Peltiers are not
> very efficient coolers, so it's hard to get very low temps, especially
> if whatever you're cooling is generating any heat...

> Used a PIC, too, I think.

Yes, a 16F876.

John Power

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