watcher64

Nope ... Windows ONLY ... Mac OS at some point ....

IMHO, I would never lock the ohms on a stable atty connection, it kind of defeats how the mod determines temp.It is useful when you have a flakey atty but if not , I'd stay far away from the lock ... just my .02

I was asking "watcher64". Assuming he tests exactly the same with his temperature probe, he does publish different temperature results with TCR Versus CSV inputs. Guess I'm going to have to write and bother the SteamEngine author again, maybe it's the holidays, but surprised no official response from Evolv, they really need to either hire more help, or get some product experienced moderators here to help out. This entire forum is getting like the Apple site, just end users helping each other if they can, and little input from the source![/QUOTE] My thoughts would be that the CSV is of course not as accurate for some reason, and that could be steam engine, or it could be how escribe plots the points. If you look when using the TCR, I checked with TI only BTW, the base resistance and the top end are different, which could throw the whole thing out of wack. But honestly, I could care less about "exact" numbers, if it vapes well, is not burning, not melting my face off, then then I'm not overly worried about it. (on another note, is it possible that, when using a csv to plot the points , and adding this "checking" the chip just does not keep up.)

Ummm ... The csv is just the TCR values put into a "comma separated value" file, you can have either linear or a curve. This makes them easy to load into escribe ... Open one up with notepad, you will see temps and ohm values.

You don't need a usb drive, download the .iso, and mount it as a CD/DVD in virtual box, and start from there ...

MikeTheVapeDude ... My comments were not directed at you, just a general statement, based on various discussions from this board. I hope you did not think they were directed at you ... We all Vape Fam ...

That is exactly my point ... Thanks for posting that chart ..

Don't get me wrong , I am sure there is a difference .. BUT, the DNA200 is not a magical device that can break the laws of physics .. You have a chip that has to look at the temp setting, look at the current ohms, calculate the temp, then reset the voltage/wattage to achieve the required setting. Now taking into account, the switching on and off of the power, the adjustment of the power and the fact that there is going to be heat loss/gain in that moment, unless they have magically managed to throw a super fast cpu, super fast transistors, switches, and voltage regulators on the board (which I know is not the case), the chances of getting super accurate temps is just not going to happen. And yes there are different types of SS, but they all fall around the same variances, some a little higher and some a little lower, but, with this type of TC the variance in ohms is what determines how accurate it is. The smaller the variance the less accurate it can physically be. Again just my 0.02 and my personal opinion.

I don't think cloners are truly worried about that.. They cloned the DNA30's and 40's without open sourced firmware. If it is going to be cloned it will be regardless of open or closed source.

To be honest I don't see how SS wire works at all for TC, just my opinion, but I think you guys are fooling yourselves. The science just does not support SS being any good for TC. NI 200 has a base resistance at minimum temp of .62 and at max of 3.52 that gives you 2.9 to play with to calculate the temp. TI has a base resistance at minimum temp of .61 and at max of 2.45 giving you 1.84 in between to calculate. SS on average has only 0.45 ohms of difference between min and max, that is a very slight amount to be able to calculate and maintain any accurate temps. You can see this in device monitor as constant spikes above and below. Just my .02

No .. Escribe is currently Windows ONLY.

Escribe only natively runs on Windows, without knowledge of how to setup a virtual machine on linux it is not going to happen. If you are still interested in making it happen, look up a program called VirtualBox, it will allow you to setup a Windows machine "inside" the linux os .. OR Optionally You could just install windows on the laptop ..

That would be great .. You can retrieve it via the serial terminal in escribe buy using the command E=GET VERSION Not super helpful but it works ..

He said it was an ... So it is an ARM CPU ...

If it was done on a chromebook , it was done by installing some flavor of linux on it and then installing a virtual machine ... The problem is going to be your CPU, the ARM CPU does not use the x86 instruction set, so some HEAVY emulation would have to occur in the virtual machine. Some Chromebooks have x86 style cpus so it was most likely one of them.