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  1. #21
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    I took the liberty of restoring the indentation of the arduino code and adding in English translations for some of the text (Mostly for my own benefit--in the immortal words of Korben Dallas, "I only speak two languages...").

    The calorimetric approach is quite nice in its simplicity. Of course the mass of the heatsink has to be taken into the calibration, and using a heatsink means that measurement accuracy will be dependent on the surrounding air flow conditions. Measuring the equilibrium temperature and examining the slope during the measurement and cooldown periods would probably allow you to largely remove the heatsink and ambient characteristics from the measurements, but that would get complicated and mathy.

    But with a known mass of known material with a known absorption you can get pretty close quite easily. Neat!

    Code:
    // Digital Laser Power Meter// v 2.1
    
    
    
    
    #include <max6675.h>
    #include <LiquidCrystal.h>
    #include <Wire.h>
    
    
    
    
    //Max6675 CK,CS,SO
    MAX6675 thermocouple(4, 3, 2);
    int sense = 0;
    float cal = 0.0000;
    int t = 10;
    int tiempo = t;
    float p = 0.717;
    int m = 87;
    int maxt = 45;
    float temperatura = 0.000;
    float temperaturai = 0.000;
    float temperaturaf = 0.000;
    float temperaturaa = 0.000;
    float w = 0.000;
    //establecer conexiones LCD 16x2
    // RS, E, D4, D5, D6, D7
    LiquidCrystal lcd(8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13);
    
    
    
    
    void setup() {
    	Serial.begin(9600);
    	// use Arduino pins FORMAX6675 VCC AND GND 
    	pinMode(5, OUTPUT); digitalWrite(5, HIGH);
    	pinMode(6, OUTPUT); digitalWrite(6, LOW);
    	pinMode(7, OUTPUT); digitalWrite(7, HIGH);
    	lcd.begin(16, 2);
    	sense = analogRead(A7);
    	cal = sense * (2.0 / 1023.0);
    	p = cal;
    	// wait for MAX chip to stabilize
    	delay(1000);
    	lcd.clear();
    	lcd.setCursor(0, 0);
    	lcd.print ("Medidor Potencia");
    	lcd.setCursor(0, 1);
    	lcd.print (" Laser Co2");
    	delay(2500);
    	lcd.clear();
    	lcd.setCursor(0, 0);
    	lcd.print (" V 2.0 ");
    	lcd.setCursor(0, 1);
    	lcd.print ("521 229-419-3262");
    	delay(5000);
    	lcd.clear();
    	lcd.setCursor(0, 0);
    	lcd.print ("Cal P = ");
    	lcd.print (p);
    	delay (2500);
    }
    
    
    
    
    void loop() 
    {
    
    
    
    
    	//esperar temperqatura menor a tmax
    	temperatura = thermocouple.readCelsius();
    
    
    	while (thermocouple.readCelsius() > maxt)
    	{
    		lcd.clear();
    		lcd.setCursor(0, 0);
    		lcd.print (" Temperatura de "); // "High sensor temperature"
    		lcd.setCursor(0, 1);
    		lcd.print (" sensor alta");
    		delay(2000);
    		lcd.clear();
    		lcd.setCursor(0, 0);
    		lcd.print ("Porfavor Espere"); //"Please wait"
    		lcd.setCursor(0, 1);
    		lcd.print (" T = ");
    		lcd.print (thermocouple.readCelsius());
    		lcd.print (" C");
    		delay(2000);
    	}
    
    
    	lcd.clear();
    	lcd.setCursor(0, 0);
    	lcd.print(" Medir Potencia "); // "Measure power"
    	lcd.setCursor(0, 2);
    	lcd.print(" Encender Laser "); // "Turn on the laser"
    	// guardar temperatura inicial
    	temperaturai = thermocouple.readCelsius();
    	digitalWrite(7, LOW);
    	//Serial.print ("Temperatura Inicial ");
    	//Serial.println (temperaturai);
    	//Serial.println ("Espera de laser");
    	delay (180);
    
    
    	do
    	{
    		temperatura = thermocouple.readCelsius();
    		//Serial.println(temperatura);
    		delay (180);
    		//esperar a una diferencia de un grado de temperatura
    		//wait for a difference of one degree of temperature
    
    
    		if (temperatura < temperaturai)
    		{
    			temperaturai = temperatura;
    		}
    	} while (temperatura-temperaturai < 1);
    
    
    	//Serial.println("Lecturas");
    	//esperar T segundos para absorber energia
    	//wait T seconds to absorb energy
    	do
    	{
    		lcd.clear();
    		lcd.setCursor(0, 0);
    		lcd.print("ESPERE "); // "WAIT"
    		lcd.print(tiempo);
    		lcd.print("Seg"); // "Sec[onds]"
    		tiempo=tiempo - 1;
    		//Serial.println(thermocouple.readCelsius());
    		delay (1000);
    	} while (tiempo > 0);
    	//Serial.println("Esperando Maximo");
    	digitalWrite(7, HIGH);
    	lcd.clear();
    	lcd.setCursor(0, 0);
    	lcd.print("PROCESANDO"); // "PROCESSING"
    	temperaturaf = thermocouple.readCelsius();
    	delay(180); 
    
    
    	do
    	{
    		temperatura = thermocouple.readCelsius();
    
    
    		//Serial.print (temperaturaf);
    		//Serial.print (" - ");
    		//Serial.println (temperatura);
    		delay(200);
    		if (temperaturaf < temperatura)
    		{
    			temperaturaf = temperatura;
    		}
    	} while ((temperaturaf - temperatura) < 0.75);
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    	w =((((m*(temperaturaf - temperaturai))*(4.18)*(p))/30));
    	//w = (((m*(deltat))/1000)*4180)/(t);
    	//Serial.println("calculo");
    	//Serial.println(temperaturai);
    	//Serial.println(temperaturaf);
    	//Serial.print("Watts: ");
    	//Serial.println(w);
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    	lcd.clear();
    	lcd.setCursor(0, 0);
    	lcd.print ("POTENCIA LASER"); // "LASER POWER"
    	lcd.setCursor (0, 2);
    	lcd.print(w);
    	lcd.print(" Watts");
    
    
    
    
    	delay(10000);
    	tiempo = t;
    	digitalWrite(7, HIGH);
    }

  2. #22
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    Default About the heatsink mass and specific heat

    Forgot to tell you,
    To make for differences in mass, absorption and specific heat, a trimmer multiturn pot is being read and used to calibrate the meter basically compensating for the heatsink used

    Ed.


    Quote Originally Posted by aberry View Post
    I took the liberty of restoring the indentation of the arduino code and adding in English translations for some of the text (Mostly for my own benefit--in the immortal words of Korben Dallas, "I only speak two languages...").

    The calorimetric approach is quite nice in its simplicity. Of course the mass of the heatsink has to be taken into the calibration, and using a heatsink means that measurement accuracy will be dependent on the surrounding air flow conditions. Measuring the equilibrium temperature and examining the slope during the measurement and cooldown periods would probably allow you to largely remove the heatsink and ambient characteristics from the measurements, but that would get complicated and mathy.

    But with a known mass of known material with a known absorption you can get pretty close quite easily. Neat!

    Code:
    // Digital Laser Power Meter// v 2.1
    
    
    
    
    #include <max6675.h>
    #include <LiquidCrystal.h>
    #include <Wire.h>
    
    
    
    
    //Max6675 CK,CS,SO
    MAX6675 thermocouple(4, 3, 2);
    int sense = 0;
    float cal = 0.0000;
    int t = 10;
    int tiempo = t;
    float p = 0.717;
    int m = 87;
    int maxt = 45;
    float temperatura = 0.000;
    float temperaturai = 0.000;
    float temperaturaf = 0.000;
    float temperaturaa = 0.000;
    float w = 0.000;
    //establecer conexiones LCD 16x2
    // RS, E, D4, D5, D6, D7
    LiquidCrystal lcd(8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13);
    
    
    
    
    void setup() {
    	Serial.begin(9600);
    	// use Arduino pins FORMAX6675 VCC AND GND 
    	pinMode(5, OUTPUT); digitalWrite(5, HIGH);
    	pinMode(6, OUTPUT); digitalWrite(6, LOW);
    	pinMode(7, OUTPUT); digitalWrite(7, HIGH);
    	lcd.begin(16, 2);
    	sense = analogRead(A7);
    	cal = sense * (2.0 / 1023.0);
    	p = cal;
    	// wait for MAX chip to stabilize
    	delay(1000);
    	lcd.clear();
    	lcd.setCursor(0, 0);
    	lcd.print ("Medidor Potencia");
    	lcd.setCursor(0, 1);
    	lcd.print (" Laser Co2");
    	delay(2500);
    	lcd.clear();
    	lcd.setCursor(0, 0);
    	lcd.print (" V 2.0 ");
    	lcd.setCursor(0, 1);
    	lcd.print ("521 229-419-3262");
    	delay(5000);
    	lcd.clear();
    	lcd.setCursor(0, 0);
    	lcd.print ("Cal P = ");
    	lcd.print (p);
    	delay (2500);
    }
    
    
    
    
    void loop() 
    {
    
    
    
    
    	//esperar temperqatura menor a tmax
    	temperatura = thermocouple.readCelsius();
    
    
    	while (thermocouple.readCelsius() > maxt)
    	{
    		lcd.clear();
    		lcd.setCursor(0, 0);
    		lcd.print (" Temperatura de "); // "High sensor temperature"
    		lcd.setCursor(0, 1);
    		lcd.print (" sensor alta");
    		delay(2000);
    		lcd.clear();
    		lcd.setCursor(0, 0);
    		lcd.print ("Porfavor Espere"); //"Please wait"
    		lcd.setCursor(0, 1);
    		lcd.print (" T = ");
    		lcd.print (thermocouple.readCelsius());
    		lcd.print (" C");
    		delay(2000);
    	}
    
    
    	lcd.clear();
    	lcd.setCursor(0, 0);
    	lcd.print(" Medir Potencia "); // "Measure power"
    	lcd.setCursor(0, 2);
    	lcd.print(" Encender Laser "); // "Turn on the laser"
    	// guardar temperatura inicial
    	temperaturai = thermocouple.readCelsius();
    	digitalWrite(7, LOW);
    	//Serial.print ("Temperatura Inicial ");
    	//Serial.println (temperaturai);
    	//Serial.println ("Espera de laser");
    	delay (180);
    
    
    	do
    	{
    		temperatura = thermocouple.readCelsius();
    		//Serial.println(temperatura);
    		delay (180);
    		//esperar a una diferencia de un grado de temperatura
    		//wait for a difference of one degree of temperature
    
    
    		if (temperatura < temperaturai)
    		{
    			temperaturai = temperatura;
    		}
    	} while (temperatura-temperaturai < 1);
    
    
    	//Serial.println("Lecturas");
    	//esperar T segundos para absorber energia
    	//wait T seconds to absorb energy
    	do
    	{
    		lcd.clear();
    		lcd.setCursor(0, 0);
    		lcd.print("ESPERE "); // "WAIT"
    		lcd.print(tiempo);
    		lcd.print("Seg"); // "Sec[onds]"
    		tiempo=tiempo - 1;
    		//Serial.println(thermocouple.readCelsius());
    		delay (1000);
    	} while (tiempo > 0);
    	//Serial.println("Esperando Maximo");
    	digitalWrite(7, HIGH);
    	lcd.clear();
    	lcd.setCursor(0, 0);
    	lcd.print("PROCESANDO"); // "PROCESSING"
    	temperaturaf = thermocouple.readCelsius();
    	delay(180); 
    
    
    	do
    	{
    		temperatura = thermocouple.readCelsius();
    
    
    		//Serial.print (temperaturaf);
    		//Serial.print (" - ");
    		//Serial.println (temperatura);
    		delay(200);
    		if (temperaturaf < temperatura)
    		{
    			temperaturaf = temperatura;
    		}
    	} while ((temperaturaf - temperatura) < 0.75);
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    	w =((((m*(temperaturaf - temperaturai))*(4.18)*(p))/30));
    	//w = (((m*(deltat))/1000)*4180)/(t);
    	//Serial.println("calculo");
    	//Serial.println(temperaturai);
    	//Serial.println(temperaturaf);
    	//Serial.print("Watts: ");
    	//Serial.println(w);
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    	lcd.clear();
    	lcd.setCursor(0, 0);
    	lcd.print ("POTENCIA LASER"); // "LASER POWER"
    	lcd.setCursor (0, 2);
    	lcd.print(w);
    	lcd.print(" Watts");
    
    
    
    
    	delay(10000);
    	tiempo = t;
    	digitalWrite(7, HIGH);
    }

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    I would still like to know...
    What is the 100% response time at 1 Watt ??

    Jerry
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    Quote Originally Posted by lasersbee View Post
    I would still like to know...
    What is the 100% response time at 1 Watt ??
    The code sinfocomp shared shows that it waits for the the temperature of the heatsink (or really, integrating mass) to increase by one degree, and then after that has a fixed integration time of ten seconds. So the 1W response time will depend on the mass of the heatsink. Aluminum has a specific heat of 0.9 J/gK, so the addition 1 degree time is going to be about a second per gram. So clearly low power applications want a smaller integrating mass.

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    Default dont have a 1 watt laser

    Sorry, cant test, i dont have a 1 watt laser

    Quote Originally Posted by lasersbee View Post
    I would still like to know...
    What is the 100% response time at 1 Watt ??

    Jerry

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    Quote Originally Posted by aberry View Post
    The code sinfocomp shared shows that it waits for the the temperature of the heatsink (or really, integrating mass) to increase by one degree, and then after that has a fixed integration time of ten seconds. So the 1W response time will depend on the mass of the heatsink. Aluminum has a specific heat of 0.9 J/gK, so the addition 1 degree time is going to be about a second per gram. So clearly low power applications want a smaller integrating mass.
    Thanks for the additional Code timing info.

    Quote Originally Posted by sinfocomp View Post
    Sorry, cant test, i dont have a 1 watt laser
    No problem... Was just curious.

    Jerry
    See the LaserBee II and all other LaserBee LPM products here....
    All LaserBee Laser Power Meter Products

    New 3.2Watt RS232/USB LaserBee II LPM REVIEW


    Always in stock and ready to ship....
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    Default Faster response power meter

    Currently working on a similar proyect but using a TEC which will allow a much faster response time

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    Laser Warning My finished LPM

    Hello, just to share my finished unit,
    now has a built in LIPO charger,
    detachable sensor
    and internal battery

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    Finished and boxed
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    powered ON
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    Intel heatsink used as absorber
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    Power switch, charge and sensor ports

    If any one is interested in a finished unit drop me a msg
    collected money will be used to develop a TEC based one
    and adding PC interface to this one
    free software upgrades to sponsors.


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    Very well, but the device is already working, gives the necessary parameters?

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    Default Working good

    Quote Originally Posted by Openair View Post
    Very well, but the device is already working, gives the necessary parameters?
    Hello, device is working good, gives consistent results.

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