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Developing the Heating Sub-System Controller

The heating system for the Cookmate product was designed to operate using an induction heater to minimize the transfer of heat to...

Mar 22, 20211 min read

CookMate hopes to support several recipes. However, to allow this, CookMate has to grant the user flexibility to choose between different...

Mar 23, 20211 min read

The heating system for the Cookmate product was designed to operate using an induction heater to minimize the transfer of heat to...

Mar 22, 20211 min read

A core feature of CookMate is its ability to dispense raw ingredients from one of six containers into the rotating cooking pot below. In...

Mar 15, 20213 min read

After the first build session discussed in a previous post, the next major build session took place on March 7th. As the frame had...

Mar 7, 20211 min read

At this point, all mechanical design work for the CookMate has been completed, and enough of the ordered parts have arrived to begin...

Feb 18, 20213 min read

The Raspberry Pi user interface platform has more secondary memory available that the STM32 system controller. Furthermore, it is easier...

Feb 7, 20212 min read

Overall Design: The overall design of the CookMate has been evolving since its conception four months ago. The size and shape of the...

Feb 1, 20212 min read

A critical component of the CookMate system is the mechanism by which it stores the ingredients for the user’s desired recipe, and then...

Jan 30, 20213 min read

The CookMate system can be divided into two broad components – an automated system of sensors and actuators, and a human interface device...

Jan 25, 20212 min read