Electric Kiln
ESP32Kiln is my attempt to create versatile and convenient PID temperature controller for the space.
The space had an old kiln left in disrepair by a previous member. Needless to say it required some care to get it back in shape. This documentation is made to keep track of what was made for future members if they need to repair it or understand how it worked. It is based primarily on the work done by Saur0o0n and modified by me amd989 to have some quality of life enhancements.
So the electric kiln is a PID temperature controlled kiln, for any task involving high temperatures - like burning ceramic, glass fusing, soft metal melting, burning lost wax casting forms - and probably much more.
It has many neat features!
Main PIDKiln features
- Interface accessible both from LCD screen and WWW Webpage
- Unlimited (limited only by storage) temperature programs number, program file size limited to 10KiB (but this is artificial limit - can be extended)
- Internal ESP SPIFFS storage for programs, data, logs, configuration (perhaps later SD - but I'm not sure yet)
- Local preferences on disk, editable with Web interface
- Online monitoring, program management, editing, graphs and kiln control
- Build in clock synchronised with NTP servers (if Internet connected)
- Safety features build in (temperature run out protection, probe failure, SSR failure, kiln insulation failure)
- Online ESP32Kiln firmware upgrade with web interface
- Auto PID Calibration (WIP)
- Components
- Installation
- Usage