{"id":1567,"date":"2011-09-28T01:07:27","date_gmt":"2011-09-28T05:07:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/?p=1567"},"modified":"2011-09-25T01:13:15","modified_gmt":"2011-09-25T05:13:15","slug":"diy-heat-pad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/28\/diy-heat-pad\/","title":{"rendered":"DIY Heat pad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/controller.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Controller.\" width=\"150\" height=\"138\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1569\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More cleverness from <a href=\"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/27\/diy-picospritzer\/\">Taro Ishikawa<\/a>. Instead of buying a homeothermic heating pad for surgeries (these often cost > $1000), Taro used some basic industrial process control items. He bought his stuff in Japan, but similar items are available from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcmaster.com\/\">McMaster-Carr<\/a> in the US.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Part 1<\/strong><br \/>\nA Precision Programmable Temperature PID Controller, about $200 (shown at top of post)<br \/>\n(Example McMaster-Carr item: 38615K71)<br \/>\nThis connects to a temperature probe and a heating element to maintain a pre-set temperature. They&#8217;re built with fairly robust feedback algorithms and logic to maximize stability. <\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/probe.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Probe\" width=\"438\" height=\"70\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1570\" srcset=\"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/probe.png 438w, http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/probe-300x47.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 438px) 100vw, 438px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Part 2<\/strong><br \/>\nA temperature probe, about $20<br \/>\n(Example McMaster-Carr item: 9251T91)<br \/>\nPretty basic.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/heatpad.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Heat pad.\" width=\"142\" height=\"133\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1571\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Part 3<\/strong><br \/>\nA heating pad, about $50<br \/>\nThese are available in a variety of sizes.<br \/>\n(Example McMaster-Carr item: 35475K722)<\/p>\n<p>Just make sure all the parts are electrically compatible. Depending on which ones you select, you may also need a power supply. (<a href=\"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/about\/labrigger-disclaimer\/\">The standard Labrigger disclaimer applies.<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\">\n<p>More cleverness from <a href=\"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/27\/diy-picospritzer\/\">Taro Ishikawa<\/a>. Instead of buying a homeothermic heating pad for surgeries (these often cost > $1000), Taro used some basic industrial process control items. He bought his stuff in Japan, but similar items are available from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcmaster.com\/\">McMaster-Carr<\/a> in&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/28\/diy-heat-pad\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[31,13],"class_list":["post-1567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hardware","tag-equipment","tag-gadgets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1567"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1567\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1576,"href":"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1567\/revisions\/1576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}