Quote Originally Posted by cphillips82 View Post
not too sure what you mean "burst mode" is that like on 1 sec off 4 secon = 20% heat?. I'll try instant interupt but I'm a little affraid of asm..... I hate it!
Hi,

this is it ... in the end BUT, exactly ... the half waves are "full" , THANKS to the MOC 3041.

for your example you will have 100 half waves ON ( always an integer ! ) @ 50 Hz = 1s followed by 400 "half waves OFF" @ 50 Hz = 4 sec ...


as the DS1820 needs ~ 750 ms for conversion, just fix your regulator period to 1 sec ( in your example .2sec ON and .8 sec OFF ) and you'll have a .5% resolution in power ...

far more than you need ... but very easy for your regulating soft calculations.

Alain