>Automotive Tire Pyrometer Project

By Daniel Hankewycz, Mouser Electronics

Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0

Materials

The overall part count for this project is quite low. Most of the parts are simple buttons and resistors used for interface functionality. The above photo only shows the core components to get the pyrometer up and running, it doesn't include the battery, PCB, and enclosure. We'll get to those later on.

Here is a basic break down of what you'll need for this project. I know it seems like a lot, but if you're even moderately into electronics, you probably already have half of these things. This is a link to the bill of materials, complete with Mouser part numbers.

• Main Parts
  • Thermistor
  • Precision series resistor
  • Character LCD
  • Atmel AVR microcontroller
  • Female & Male headers
  • Tactile pushbuttons
  • Power switch
  • Filter capacitors
  • Contrast potentiometer
  • Zener diode regulator
  • LEDs
  • Enclosure
• Tools
  • Soldering iron
  • Needle nose pliers
  • Wire cutters
  • Wire strippers
  • Arduino or AVR programmer
• Materials
  • Shrink wrap tubing
  • 22-24awg braided wire
  • 12awg solid house wire
  • Thermal compound (Silver)
  • Sand paper

Bill of Materials (BOM)

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