hot rod silvia

i finally did it.

i PID-ed silvia.

before

after

PID isn't really a verb except for in the alt.coffee universe. as you can see, the wiring situation is now totally out of control. i followed Murphy's advice and got an extra long thermocouple wire, now i regret it. the shorter one would have been plenty long. now i've gotta trim this one and rewire it. bleh.

i also used a really small project box, just barely big enough as long as i bend some wires. there's a lighted rocker switch on the back. the switch part works, but the light doesn't stay on, it just flashes when i flip it on. probably going to burn my apt down some day, oh well.

the hardest part was wiring up the switch, which wasn't covered in murph's walkthrough. i'm no electricial, so i had no clue. fortunately, i had an EE on call who walked me through it.

the other hardest part was cutting up the project box. now i'm a coping saw expert. and i think i voided the warranty on my knife. shoulda drilled it, oops!

still waiting for it to warm up so i can run the autotune and finally pull some shots. yum.