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[https://hackaday.io/project/6874-powerpeg-thermal-management-system PowerPeg Thermal Management System]
 
[https://hackaday.io/project/6874-powerpeg-thermal-management-system PowerPeg Thermal Management System]
 
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* Yang Zhang and James Ashe. Analog Devices. [http://www.analog.com/media/en/technical-documentation/technical-articles/37488110918229TEC_Application_Brief2.pdf "Designing a High Performance TEC Controller"].
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* Maxim. [http://www.maximintegrated.com/en/app-notes/index.mvp/id/3318 "APPLICATION NOTE 3318: How to Control and Compensate a Thermoelectric Cooler (TEC)"].
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* [http://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/peltier "Peltier" questions].
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* [http://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/cooling "cooling" questions].
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* Jim Williams. [http://cds.linear.com/docs/en/application-note/an89.pdf "Application Note 89: A Thermoelectric Cooler Temperature Controller for Fiber Optic Lasers Climatic Pampering for Temperamental Lasers"].
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* [http://www.photonlexicon.com/forums/showthread.php/6434-The-big-TEC-driver-thread! "The big TEC driver thread!"].
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* [http://redlum.xohp.pagesperso-orange.fr/electronics/PWM-TEC.html "W's simple high power PWM TEC controller"].

Latest revision as of 08:13, 28 August 2015

Many people use thermoelectric modules, commonly called Peltier modules, to make small things colder.

(Compressor-based air conditioners and refrigerators and freezers are often more practical for cooling larger things).


Both radio and optical astronomy seems to work better when the receiver is cold.


  • "Open Source Thermal Cycler" Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) uses the Peltier for both heating *and* cooling.[1][2]

[3] [4] [5]

[10] [11]

  • Another Peltier fridge project: "How to build your own dirt cheap fridge" ("My most important consideration is that it can be service-able by me") [12]

When a Peltier element is attached to a voltage source, it pumps heat energy from one side to the other, making one side colder and one side hotter. In principle you could use a Peltier element just for heating ( see [13] )



Typically Peltier projects use a 1-wire digital thermometer or a thermistor to measure the temperature at the important parts, and



FIXME: maybe say a few more words about heatsinks, such as the (open-source?) PowerPeg Thermal Management System ?