hallo and good day,
a friend Andreas developed a software and hardware platform for the regulation of temperature in alchemy experiments.
this is a digital temperature regulator which not only regulates the temperature but also logs it,
this can be used with any heating source u like as it is a simple temperature controllered relay switch,
the temperature can be set in software, and is ablte to act as a stand alone regulator, no Pc Needed, only to set the temperature,
normally for this kind of hardware and software u pay allot of money, now it can be made for under 40$ if u get the parts from ebay, and some diy skills
i my self am working on a project that is able to do this from lcd display and the controller itself, though no logging in this version. but NO PC needed,
when this is tested and complete i will upload those schematics as well, the production cost of this device would be about 20/30$
the files can be found here
http://www.filedropper.com/temp-regulatorkind regards