One important factor in power plant control system performance is the response time of the process measurement used in the control system. The response time of boiler steam temperature sensors and ...

I've been looking for a while, and the FP article on what Ars folks use at home jogged it forward. Samuel Axon uses the Breville BKE720BSS temperature controlled kettle. Great, but I want the ...

Dorkfood Sous-Vide Temperature Controller (DSV) review: Dorkfood offers legit sous vide, sans style This clever $99 gizmo will transform bargain aisle Crock Pots into sous vide super cookers. Ry Crist ...

If you wanted to, say, control a temperature you might think you could just turn on a heater until you reach the desired temperature and then turn the heater off. That sort of works, but it is ...

In tests with a saucepan it was configured as a PID controller, but the real vat proved to have a much greater thermal inertia so a simpler bang-bang home thermostat style approach was used.