The blog of 'The Arduino Guy' aka Mike McRoberts, author of Beginning Arduino.

21 October 2013

DIY Sous Vide Cooker Project

I had seen plenty of websites or videos of people making their own sous vide cookers so thought I would give it a go myself. If you don't already know, sous vide is a method of cooking food in sealed bags in a water bath with the water held at a very...

04 October 2013

Telescope Focus Controller - Part 1 - The Idea.

One of my hobbies is astronomy and more specifically, astro-photogaphy. I have a pretty sophisticated setup with a computerised GoTo mount with a cooled CCD camera, motorised filter wheel, guide camera, etc. Most of the gear is automated and can be...

Sous Vide Cooker Experiment

So, if you haven't already heard of Sous Vide cooking I'd highly recommend reading a bit about it. In a nutshell, it is cooking food in a water bath at a certain temperature with the idea being that the food cooks slowly and evenly resulting in a perfect...