Heat bed for use in neuroscience research
Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2020 3:58 am
Dear all,
I am a biomedical researcher and I'm currently developing a device for testing the temperature sensitivity threshold in rodents, and so I need to tightly control temperature (from 40ºC to 60ºC) given to the animals through some kind of heat pad.
I had the idea of using heat-beds commonly used on Geeetech 3d printers, as they are very famous for their quality and already use a system that allows fine tuning of the temperature of the heatbed by means of GT2560 board. But currently I’m having some difficulties discriminating which components I should order, as I won’t need the servos, but only the heating related components.
Could you please be so kind to help me completing the check list of components that I need to order?
-GT2560 board
-LCD2004
-thermistor, but which one?
-Do I need a 12V cooling fan, or not really because I won’t use the steppers?
-To heat a 300mmx300mm heatbed which power supply do I need, a 12V/24V? and 10/15A?
-heatbed 300x300mm
Apart from the cables am I missing something here?
Kind regards,
Joao
I am a biomedical researcher and I'm currently developing a device for testing the temperature sensitivity threshold in rodents, and so I need to tightly control temperature (from 40ºC to 60ºC) given to the animals through some kind of heat pad.
I had the idea of using heat-beds commonly used on Geeetech 3d printers, as they are very famous for their quality and already use a system that allows fine tuning of the temperature of the heatbed by means of GT2560 board. But currently I’m having some difficulties discriminating which components I should order, as I won’t need the servos, but only the heating related components.
Could you please be so kind to help me completing the check list of components that I need to order?
-GT2560 board
-LCD2004
-thermistor, but which one?
-Do I need a 12V cooling fan, or not really because I won’t use the steppers?
-To heat a 300mmx300mm heatbed which power supply do I need, a 12V/24V? and 10/15A?
-heatbed 300x300mm
Apart from the cables am I missing something here?
Kind regards,
Joao