possible moment. As I was finishing scavenging parts for my power supply, my immediate supervisor decided that spending $200 for $1000+ of functionality was an inefficient use of my time: he found a GraphTec GL220 handheld 10-channel data logger and convinced the powers-that-be to purchase it. Actually, I got to pitch it to the Big Boss, and despite the fact that I made it plain that we would have this capacity for a fifth of the cost he decided to purchase the GraphTec unit anyway.
So all of the planning, plotting, and scheming turns out to be for nothing. I cannot - words fail me utterly - describe how disappointed I am right now. Yeah, on the one hand we're about to receive a piece of tech that probably only *I* will be able to use properly, but my chances of laterally moving to an EE job are (for the moment) squashed.
Worse than that, I wasted a bit of time writing the code for a single Cog to poll a variable number of MAX31855's as EnzoMAtrix had suggested. The speed of each core, combined with the seemingly instantaneous update quality of the MAX31855 (it does all of the conversion behind the scenes, and waits for a trigger and clock signal to "report" its 32-bit byte) would have allowed for more real-time-ish (depending on the number of sensors being "polled") response times. Ah well, the best laid plans of mice and men. And EE's treading water as QC experts.
I may continue developing this project on my own: I could use this sort of device in The Luthiery (my home shop, where I build, repair and maintain stringed instruments of any and all kinds) - especially if I remain creative. |
