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Auto printing a set of PDF from web on multiple printers.

While I am stuck at the ATTAG project again I had to solve a completely different problem. If you are running an online shop you probably came across the issue that you have to print different types of documents on different printers. Like product labels, invoices, shipping labels. It is pretty annoying if you have to handle multiple orders and every step requires a change of the print settings over and over again. This often leads to documents printed on the wrong printer, paper mess and so on.

So I was looking around if there are some ready-to-use solutions. And yes there are but at insane costs compared to triviality. For a long while we had a working solution that used javascript inside the pdf document to choose the correct printer. But this only worked for Firefox and after the newer generations seem to block this due to security issues.

So actually it is pretty simple but you need to create PDFs of your documents which then can be retrieved. I am not covering this part here. You may do this with FPDF or any other PDF generator on your shop server.

This guide expects WINDOWS to be used.

First step is you need to install these:

A webserver package such as xampp, just the Apache webserver and php will be used
Python (tested with 3.X)
Ghostscript
GSPrint

Since the browsers won’t allow you to execute a program on your local PC you need to let a local webserver do that. In XAMPP control you can set the Apache webserver to autostart with windows. You may have to run XAMPP with adminstrator priviledges for that!

Once you installed it, create a small print.php script containing the following:

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<?php 
$pyscript = 'C:\\gs\\print.py'; // the path to python print script
$python = 'python.exe'; // you may need the absolute path of python here, like C:\\programs\\python\\python.exe or wherever you installed it
exec($python." ".$pyscript, $output);
echo "Printjobs started...";
?>

I extracted all the ghostscript / gsprint stuff to C:\gs, put it wherever you like but keep in mind where, you will need it later.

The following is the python script which chooses the correct printer per document and starts the printjob through ghostscript and gsprint. You may also use any other pdf viewer/printer for this which works with command line execution such as the PDF-XChange Viewer.

Of course you have to edit the paths, url and currentprinter according to your settings. Your python may need some packages used here, install them with

pip install requests

pip install win32api

pip install win32print

from windows command line (START-> cmd)

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#!/usr/bin/env python
import win32print
import win32api
import requests

GHOSTSCRIPT_PATH = "C:/gs/bin/gswin32.exe"
GSPRINT_PATH = "C:/gs/gsprint.exe"

LOCAL_FILE = "C:/gs/invoices.pdf" 
currentprinter = "Samsung C1810 Series"
url='https://www.yourshopdomain.com/wherever_you_put_the_pdf_there/invoices.pdf'
r = requests.get(url, stream=True)
with open(LOCAL_FILE, 'wb') as f:
	f.write(r.content)
params = '-ghostscript "'+ GHOSTSCRIPT_PATH  +'" -printer "'+currentprinter+'" -portrait -copies 1 "'+LOCAL_FILE+'"'
win32api.ShellExecute(0, 'open', GSPRINT_PATH, params, '.',0)

LOCAL_FILE = "C:/gs/slabels.pdf" 
currentprinter = "BIXOLON SRP-770II"
url='https://www.yourshopdomain.com/wherever_you_put_the_pdf_there/shipping_labels.pdf'
r = requests.get(url, stream=True)
with open(LOCAL_FILE, 'wb') as f:
	f.write(r.content)
params = '-ghostscript "'+ GHOSTSCRIPT_PATH  +'" -printer "'+currentprinter+'"  -portrait -copies 1 "'+LOCAL_FILE+'"'
win32api.ShellExecute(0, 'open', GSPRINT_PATH, params, '.',0)


LOCAL_FILE = "C:/gs/plabels.pdf" 
currentprinter = "Colorlabel"
url='https://www.yourshopdomain.com/wherever_you_put_the_pdf_there/product_labels.pdf'
r = requests.get(url, stream=True)
with open(LOCAL_FILE, 'wb') as f:
	f.write(r.content)
params = '-ghostscript "'+ GHOSTSCRIPT_PATH  +'" -printer "'+currentprinter+'" -portrait -copies 1 "'+LOCAL_FILE+'"'
win32api.ShellExecute(0, 'open', GSPRINT_PATH, params, '.',0)

Your printjob can now be executed from within your webshop admin, once the PDF documents have been generated, with a simple link such as

<a href=”http://localhost/print.php”>print at once</a>

That is actually all, easy as that. Good luck. Of course you can also reduce this to 2 or 1 printer or add multiple more.

EDIT: 2024-03-08

Here is another version with PHP / Viewer only, so no GS or Python required:

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<?php
$url = 'https://www.yourdomain.com/yourpdf.pdf';    
$file_name = basename($url); 
if (file_put_contents($file_name, file_get_contents($url))) { 
    echo "downloaded PDF"; 
} else  { 
    echo "download failed"; 
} 
echo "<br>";
echo "pdf will be printed...<br>";
echo 'C:\\Program Files\\Tracker Software\\PDF Viewer\\PDFXCview.exe /printto "BIXOLON SRP-770II" C:\\xampp\\htdocs\\yourpdf.pdf';
echo "<br>";
passthru('"C:\\Program Files\\Tracker Software\\PDF Viewer\\PDFXCview.exe" /printto "BIXOLON SRP-770II" C:\\xampp\\htdocs\\yourpdf.pdf', $output); 

?>

And if this still not enough you may check out the FPDF Javscript plugin:

http://fpdf.org/en/script/script36.php

This embeds a slim javascript code to the PDF which then points the PDF reader to open the correct printer, it looks like this:

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12 0 obj
<<
/Names [(EmbeddedJS) 13 0 R]
>>
endobj
13 0 obj
<<
/S /JavaScript
/JS (var pp = this.getPrintParams\(\);pp.printerName = 'BIXOLON SRP-770II';this.print\(pp\);)
>>
endobj

However this might not work with the inline PDF parser of the browser so it is most likely required to set the options in the browser to open the PDF in an external viewer sucher as the PDF-X Change viewer. I am not sure which other viewers are executing the script but this one does.

AMMETER

A tiny project in between.

I was looking for a way to measure the amps that will hit the sending IR LED of the ATTAG project so I quickly built a small ammeter (amperemeter) with a recording to micro SD feature.

If you choose to build your own you need these parts:

1x D1 mini (any ESP or arduino should do)
1x 0,91 OLED I²C display
1x INA219 I²C module
1x SPI micro SD card module
1x some regular holeboard 70x50mm
1x micro button

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#include <Wire.h>
#include <Adafruit_SSD1306.h>
#include <Adafruit_GFX.h>
#include <Adafruit_INA219.h>
#include <Fonts/FreeMono9pt7b.h>
#include <SPI.h>
#include <SD.h>
#define RECBUTTON 0

File myFile;
unsigned long timestamp;
int currentState;
int rec = 0;

Adafruit_INA219 ina219;

#define SCREEN_WIDTH 128
#define SCREEN_HEIGHT 32
#define OLED_RESET     -1
Adafruit_SSD1306 display(SCREEN_WIDTH, SCREEN_HEIGHT, &Wire, OLED_RESET);

void setup() {
  delay(500); // calm down pause
  Serial.begin(115200);
  while (!Serial) {
    ;
  }
  pinMode(RECBUTTON, INPUT_PULLUP);
  if (!SD.begin(15)) {
    Serial.println("initialization failed!");
    return;
  }
  Serial.println("initialization done.");
  display.begin(SSD1306_SWITCHCAPVCC, 0x3C);

  if (! ina219.begin()) {
    Serial.println("INA219 failed");
    while (1) {
      delay(10);
    }
  }
}


void loop() {
  currentState = digitalRead(RECBUTTON);

  if (currentState == LOW && rec == 1) {
    rec = 0;
    Serial.println("recording off");
    myFile.close();
  } else if (currentState == LOW && rec == 0) {
    rec = 1;
    Serial.println("recording on");
    myFile = SD.open("ammeter.txt", FILE_WRITE);
    myFile.println("ms;W;A;busvoltage;shuntvoltage;loadvoltage");
  }

  float shuntvoltage = 0;
  float busvoltage = 0;
  float current_mA = 0;
  float loadvoltage = 0;
  float power_mW = 0;

  shuntvoltage = ina219.getShuntVoltage_mV();
  busvoltage = ina219.getBusVoltage_V();
  current_mA = ina219.getCurrent_mA();
  power_mW = ina219.getPower_mW();
  loadvoltage = busvoltage + (shuntvoltage / 1000);

  delay(200);  // decrease if you want to increase number of recordings per second but display may flicker

  display.clearDisplay();
  display.setFont(&FreeMono9pt7b);
  display.setTextColor(WHITE);
  display.setCursor(0, 10);
  display.print("mA:"); display.print(current_mA);
  display.setCursor(0, 23);
  display.print("mW:"); display.print(power_mW);
  display.setFont(NULL);
  display.setTextSize(1);
  display.setCursor(0, 25);

  if (busvoltage < 0) busvoltage = 0;
  if (shuntvoltage < 0) shuntvoltage = 0;
  if (loadvoltage < 0) loadvoltage = 0;

  display.print("VB:"); display.print(busvoltage);
  display.print(" S:"); display.print(shuntvoltage);
  display.print(" L:"); display.print(loadvoltage);

  display.setCursor(100, 0);
  if (rec == 1) {
    display.print("[R]");
  }

  display.display();
  if (rec == 1) {
    myFile.print(millis());
    myFile.print(";");
    myFile.print(power_mW);
    myFile.print(";");
    myFile.print(current_mA * -1);
    myFile.print(";");
    myFile.print(busvoltage);
    myFile.print(";");
    myFile.print(shuntvoltage);
    myFile.print(";");
    myFile.println(loadvoltage);
  }
}

The code is based on some examples from the adafruit INA219 lib. I just added the display output and the recording feature.

In order to get these 3D printable files working you need some of the 2,54mm 8×1 pin header sockets. Whatever they are called:

3D printable files:

AMMETER printable files

old stuff

The older stuff, including the beginning of OSDYLS, are still available at

[ link: https://thepixelnet.blogspot.com/ ]

It doesn’t make much sense to transfer it because the “Morgenmuffel” is already outdated and a lot of things changed to OSDYLS already.

Infernomat 1050 – a kiln control Eine Brennofensteuerung

I had this tiny kiln on the shelv for some decades already, my parents gave it to me, when I was a teenager but it never was used due to the lacking temperature control. I only melted some metal with it but never did ceramics. It is an UHLIG U15, I think they are still sold. Max temperature 1050°C, draws 900W, so at 230V little less than 4A.

Now due to 3D printing I thought of some neat ideas that could be done in combination with the kiln. So I deceided to build a control unit for it.

At this point be warned, I take no responsibility for the things you are doing, especially not when it comes to high voltage or high temperatures. Do not play games if you don’t trust in what you are doing.

The cheap kiln usually don’t have any control units, with some luck you can buy some random on/off control for them but there is no real temperature control.

My version got it and you can program different times and temperatures.

You need the following things:

Thermocouple element, I got this one (not yet tested at high-temp) [ link ]
An Arduino UNO or clone
An Elegoo touch display shield [ link ]
A relais which is able to switch with 5V and can handle the amps your kiln is drawing, such as the SLA-05VDC-SL-C
One Adafruit MAX31855 board
Plug, socket and wires for the high voltage stuff
Some PSU for the Arduino (I looted the guts of an old Nokia charger.)
An on/off switch (optional)
Stuff for soldering, some screws, cable shoes, 3D printer for the housing, all depending on how you are realising it

In order to have some of the GPIOs (I/O pins of the Arduino) left, you need to reduce some functionality of the display, so I cut the pins used for the SD card slot on the display.

Yes I know I could have done better, had no side cutter at hand 😉 These pins are required for the connection of the relais (Arduino GPIO PIN 10) and the thermocouple board (Arduino GPIO PINS 11 to 13)

So the wiring goes as follows:

Arduino GPIO PIN 10 to SIG of the relais.

Arduino GPIO PIN 11 to CLK of the thermocouple board

Arduino GPIO PIN 12 to DO of the thermocouple board

Arduino GPIO PIN 13 to CS of the thermocouple board

Additionaly you need to get the 3V3 from the arduino to the thermocouple 3V3 and the 5V to the VCC of the relais. And of course GND to GND.

I soldered the power from the old Nokia PSU to the backside of the Arduino, of course you can also use the power socket or the USB socket of the Arduino. Just a matter of available room. The high voltage power L1 connected to the relais on 1 target at 2, as marked on the picture above. If you choose connector 3 as target, the switching of the relais is inverted.

Now to the code which is doing the magic, I am sorry it is a total mess but I am too lazy to clean it up now. It just grew when I was testing the electronics. Of course it can be made way more elegant. Feel free to do so:

Note: I used the Arduino IDE for it. If you are not used to it, there are several guides and tutorials out there, it would just go beyond the scope to include a howto for it here.

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// libs for the display
#include <Elegoo_GFX.h>
#include <Elegoo_TFTLCD.h>
#include <TouchScreen.h>
#include <SPI.h>
#include <Wire.h>

// libs for the sensor
#include "Adafruit_MAX31855.h"

// display stuff, these settings are taken from Elegoo code
#define LCD_CS A3
#define LCD_CD A2
#define LCD_WR A1
#define LCD_RD A0
#define LCD_RESET A4
#define YP A3
#define XM A2
#define YM 9
#define XP 8
#define TS_MINX 120
#define TS_MAXX 900
#define TS_MINY 70
#define TS_MAXY 920
#define STATUS_X 10
#define STATUS_Y 65

// pin definition for the MAX31855 sensor board, I removed them from the display, where they are used for the SD card
#define MAXDO   12
#define MAXCS   13
#define MAXCLK  11

// define the relais at pin 10 (also removed from the display)
const int relaisIN1 = 10;

// a couple of used variables
unsigned long myTime, newTime, startTime, startTwomin, stopTwomin, newTwomin;

// maxtemp,interval temp, interval time, max time
int parameters[4] = {1050, 100, 60, 30};
int runs = 0;
float rohtemp = 650;
int timepos = 10;
float steptemp = 0;
int looptime = 0;
int oldpos = 0;
int tempcounter = 0;
int simfactor = 1;
int finished = 0;

unsigned long graphcolor = 0xF800;

// #define BLUE    0x001F


float temp = 0;
float tempinc = 10;
float oldtemp = 0;
float deltemp = 0;
float loops = 0;
float numloops = 1;

// initialize the thermocouple sensor
Adafruit_MAX31855 thermocouple(MAXCLK, MAXCS, MAXDO);

// initialize the LCD display and touchscreen
Elegoo_TFTLCD tft(LCD_CS, LCD_CD, LCD_WR, LCD_RD, LCD_RESET);
TouchScreen ts = TouchScreen(XP, YP, XM, YM, 300);

// define array of 14 buttons .. yeah I know only 13 are on the screen, too lazy to fix that ;-)
Elegoo_GFX_Button buttons[14];

void setup(void) {
  Serial.begin(9600);
  pinMode(relaisIN1, OUTPUT);
  delay(1000);
  while (!Serial) delay(1); // wait for Serial on Leonardo/Zero, etc
  delay(500);
  Serial.print("Initializing sensor...");
  if (!thermocouple.begin()) {
    Serial.println("ERROR.");
    while (1) delay(10);
  }
  Serial.println("DONE.");
  Serial.println(F("TFT LCD test"));
  Serial.println(graphcolor);

  tft.reset();
  temp = thermocouple.readCelsius();
  uint16_t identifier = 0x9341;
  tft.begin(identifier);
  tft.setRotation(2);
  tft.fillScreen(0x0000);
  tft.setTextSize(2);
  tft.setCursor(10, 2);   tft.print("mx Temp:");
  tft.setCursor(10, 20);  tft.print("iv Temp:");
  tft.setCursor(10, 38);  tft.print("iv Zeit:");
  tft.setCursor(10, 56);  tft.print("mx Zeit:");
  tft.setCursor(10, 153); tft.print("mx Temp:");
  tft.setCursor(10, 187); tft.print("iv Temp:");
  tft.setCursor(10, 222); tft.print("iv Zeit:");
  tft.setCursor(10, 257); tft.print("mx Zeit:");

  tft.setTextColor(0xB596);
  tft.setCursor(110, 2);  tft.print(parameters[0]); tft.print(" 'C");
  tft.setCursor(110, 20); tft.print(parameters[1]);  tft.print(" 'C");
  tft.setCursor(110, 38); tft.print(parameters[2]);  tft.print(" Min");
  tft.setCursor(110, 56); tft.print(parameters[3]);  tft.print(" Min");

  tft.setCursor(0, 0);
  buttons[1].initButton(&tft, 60, 90, 112, 30, 0xFFFF, 0xDDF2, 0xFFFF, "Keramik", 2);
  buttons[2].initButton(&tft, 180, 90, 112, 30, 0xFFFF,  0x94B2, 0xFFFF, "Schmelze", 2);
  buttons[3].initButton(&tft, 60, 125, 112, 30, 0xFFFF, 0xD340, 0xFFFF, "Glasur", 2);
  buttons[4].initButton(&tft, 180, 125, 112, 30, 0xFFFF, 0x8AC8, 0xFFFF, " ", 2);

  buttons[5].initButton(&tft, 150, 160, 53, 30, 0xFFFF, 0x2C5C, 0xFFFF, "-", 2);
  buttons[6].initButton(&tft, 210, 160, 53, 30, 0xFFFF, 0x2C5C, 0xFFFF, "+", 2);

  buttons[7].initButton(&tft, 150, 195, 53, 30, 0xFFFF, 0x2C5C, 0xFFFF, "-", 2);
  buttons[8].initButton(&tft, 210, 195, 53, 30, 0xFFFF, 0x2C5C, 0xFFFF, "+", 2);

  buttons[9].initButton(&tft, 150, 230, 53, 30, 0xFFFF, 0x2C5C, 0xFFFF, "-", 2);
  buttons[10].initButton(&tft, 210, 230, 53, 30, 0xFFFF, 0x2C5C, 0xFFFF, "+", 2);

  buttons[11].initButton(&tft, 150, 265, 53, 30, 0xFFFF, 0x2C5C, 0xFFFF, "-", 2);
  buttons[12].initButton(&tft, 210, 265, 53, 30, 0xFFFF, 0x2C5C, 0xFFFF, "+", 2);
  buttons[13].initButton(&tft, 60, 300, 112, 30, 0xFFFF, 0x0400, 0xFFFF, "START", 2);
  for (uint8_t b = 1; b < 14; b++) {
    buttons[b].drawButton();
  }
  steptemp = parameters[0];
}

#define MINPRESSURE 10
#define MAXPRESSURE 1000

// read temperature from sensor or do uncomment temp=temp+0.001*simfactor; for simulation
void gettemp() {
  temp = thermocouple.readCelsius();
  // temp = temp + 0.001 * simfactor;
}

void relais(int onoff) {
  switch (onoff) {
    case 0:  if (digitalRead(relaisIN1) == HIGH) {
        digitalWrite(relaisIN1, LOW);  // relais1 off
        // lower the temperature for simulation
        Serial.println("off");
        simfactor = -1;
      } break;

    case 1:   if (digitalRead(relaisIN1) == LOW) {
        digitalWrite(relaisIN1, HIGH);  // relais1 on
        // increase the temperature for simulation
        simfactor = +1;
        Serial.println("on");
      } break;
  }
}


void dostop() {  
  relais(0);
  graphcolor = 0x001F;
  tempcounter++;
  if (tempcounter == 1000) {
    tft.setCursor(150, 22); tft.setTextSize(2); tft.setTextColor(0x0000); tft.print(round(deltemp));
    tft.setCursor(150, 22); tft.setTextSize(2); tft.setTextColor(0x07FF); tft.print(round(temp));
    deltemp = temp;
    tempcounter = 0;
  }
  if (newTwomin > (startTwomin + 120000)) {    
    drawtemp();
    startTwomin = newTwomin;
  }
  if (temp < 30) {
    while (1) {}
  }
}

void drawtemp() {
  Serial.println("draw");
  tft.drawLine(timepos, 308 - (round(oldtemp / 5)), timepos + 1, 308 - (round(temp / 5)), graphcolor);
  timepos = timepos + 1;
  oldtemp = temp;
}

void intervall(long laufzeit) {
  newTime = millis();
  // set a start time
  startTime = millis();
  // start the two minute timer for the graph

  // repeat as long as the running time is lower than the interval time laufzeit*60*1000 (minutes to seconds to milliseconds)
  while ((millis() - startTime) < (laufzeit * 60 * 1000)) {
    // Serial.print("L");
    newTwomin = millis();
    gettemp();

    // draw the curve when the timer hits two minutes, then reset the timer
    if (newTwomin > (startTwomin + 120000)) {
      drawtemp();
      startTwomin = newTwomin;
    }

    // if the temperature gets higher than the set temperature shut down the heating
    if (temp > steptemp + 3) {
      relais(0);
    }

    // if the temperature gets too low enable the heating again
    if (temp < steptemp - 3) {
      relais(1);
    }
    printtemp();
  } // while end
  loops = loops + 1;

  // if there is only one heating intervall stop once it is done
  if (parameters[1] == 0) {
    finished = 1;
    timepos = 10;
    relais(0);
  }

  // once reached the biscuit firing go to the final temperature and hold it
  if (steptemp == rohtemp) {
    // heat up to the final temperature
    steptemp = parameters[0];
    // set the heating time for the final heating
    parameters[2] = parameters[3];
  } else {
    // increase the temperature to the next step
    steptemp = (steptemp + parameters[1]);
    relais(1);
  }

  // if temperature is higher than biscuit them set the current target to biscuit temperature
  if (steptemp > rohtemp && steptemp < parameters[0]) {
    steptemp = rohtemp;
  }


  if (temp > parameters[0] - 5) {
    relais(0);
    timepos = 10;
    dostop();
  }


}

// this function sets the presets
void setparameters(int x, int y, int color, int mt, int it, int iz, int mz) {
  tft.setTextColor(0x0000);
  tft.setCursor(x, y);      tft.print(parameters[0]); tft.print(" 'C");
  tft.setCursor(x, y + 18); tft.print(parameters[1]); tft.print(" 'C");
  tft.setCursor(x, y + 36); tft.print(parameters[2]); tft.print(" Min");
  tft.setCursor(x, y + 54); tft.print(parameters[3]); tft.print(" Min");

  parameters[0] = mt;
  parameters[1] = it;
  parameters[2] = iz;
  parameters[3] = mz;

  tft.setTextColor(color);
  tft.setCursor(x, y);      tft.print(mt); tft.print(" 'C");
  tft.setCursor(x, y + 18); tft.print(it); tft.print(" 'C");
  tft.setCursor(x, y + 36); tft.print(iz); tft.print(" Min");
  tft.setCursor(x, y + 54); tft.print(mz); tft.print(" Min");
}

// this function updates the values time and temperature when pressing +/-
void incdec(int x, int y, int color, int orig, int factor) {
  tft.setCursor(x, y); tft.setTextColor(0x0000); tft.print(parameters[orig]); tft.print(" 'C");
  tft.setCursor(x, y); tft.setTextColor(0x0000); tft.print(parameters[orig]); tft.print(" Min");
  newTime = millis();

  // wenn touchscreen länger gedrückt beschleunige auf 10er Schritte, ansonsten +/- 1

  if (newTime - myTime < 160) {
    parameters[orig] = parameters[orig] + 10 * factor;
  } else {
    parameters[orig] = parameters[orig] + 1 * factor;
  }
  if (parameters[orig] < 0) parameters[orig] = 0;


  tft.setCursor(x, y); tft.setTextColor(color); tft.print(parameters[orig]);
  if (orig > 1) {
    tft.print(" Min");
  } else {

    tft.print(" 'C");
  }
  myTime = millis();
}

void printtemp() {
  tempcounter++;
  if (tempcounter == 1000) {
    // print the old temp with black
    tft.setCursor(150, 22); tft.setTextSize(2); tft.setTextColor(0x0000); tft.print(round(deltemp));
    // print the current temp
    tft.setCursor(150, 22); tft.setTextSize(2); tft.setTextColor(0xB596); tft.print(round(temp));
    deltemp = temp;
    tempcounter = 0;
  }
}


void loop(void) {

  // some copied routines from elegoo for the touch control and buttons
  digitalWrite(13, HIGH);
  TSPoint p = ts.getPoint();
  digitalWrite(13, LOW);
  pinMode(XM, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(YP, OUTPUT);

  if (p.z > MINPRESSURE && p.z < MAXPRESSURE) {
    p.x = map(p.x, TS_MINX, TS_MAXX, tft.width(), 0);
    p.y = (tft.height() - map(p.y, TS_MINY, TS_MAXY, tft.height(), 0));
  }

  // go thru all the buttons, checking if they were pressed
  for (uint8_t b = 0; b < 14; b++) {
    if (buttons[b].contains(p.x, p.y)) {
      buttons[b].press(true);  // tell the button it is pressed
    } else {
      buttons[b].press(false);  // tell the button it is NOT pressed
    }
  }

  if (runs == 1) {
    // clear screen
    tft.fillScreen(0x0000);
    // draw grid
    tft.setTextColor(0xEEEE);
    tft.setCursor(2, 22); tft.print("Temperatur:");

    for (uint8_t i = 1; i < 27; i++) {
      tft.drawLine(10, 38 + i * 10, 230, 38 + i * 10, 0x5AEB);
      if ((i - 1) % 3 == 0) {
        tft.drawLine(0 + i * 10, 48, 0 + i * 10, 309, 0x00EB);
      } else {
        tft.drawLine(0 + i * 10, 48, 0 + i * 10, 300, 0x00EB);
      }
      tft.setTextSize(1); tft.setTextColor(0xB596);
      tft.setCursor(0, 30 + i * 10);
      tft.print(1350 - i * 50);
    }


    // draw coords X axis, sadly no linear spacing so one by one
    tft.setCursor(8, 310); tft.print("0");
    tft.setCursor(35, 310); tft.print("60");
    tft.setCursor(62, 310); tft.print("120");
    tft.setCursor(92, 310); tft.print("180");
    tft.setCursor(121, 310); tft.print("240");
    tft.setCursor(152, 310); tft.print("300");
    tft.setCursor(182, 310); tft.print("360");
    tft.setCursor(212, 310); tft.print("420");

    if (parameters[1] > 0) {
      numloops = ceil(rohtemp / parameters[1]);
    }

    // if there are no more heating intervals go to the main temperature, otherwise go to next loop
    if (parameters[1] == 0 && loops < 1) {
      steptemp = parameters[0];
      parameters[2] = parameters[3];
    } else if (parameters[1] > 0 && loops < numloops) {
      steptemp = parameters[1];
    }

    // relais on, start heating
    relais(1);

    // go to the heating loops
    runs = 2;
  }

  if (runs == 2) {
    // since there is no rtc, create a timer
    if (startTime == 0) {
      startTime = millis();
    }
    // zwei Minuten Timer starten
    if (startTwomin == 0) {
      startTwomin = millis();
    }
    // read temperature from sensor (or simulate)
    gettemp();

    // for how long is the program running already?
    newTime = millis();
    newTwomin = millis();

    // draw graph all two minutes
    if (newTwomin > (startTwomin + 120000)) {
      drawtemp();
      startTwomin = newTwomin;
    }

    // if destination temperature reached start the heating loop
    if (temp > steptemp - 1 && parameters[1] > 0 && loops < numloops + 1) {
      intervall(parameters[2]);                                   // loop time
    } else if (temp > parameters[0] - 1 && loops < 1) {
      intervall(parameters[3]);                                   // final time
    }
    // draw cooling graph in blue
    if (numloops == loops) {
      graphcolor = 0x001F;
    }
    printtemp();
  }  else {

    for (uint8_t b = 1; b < 14; b++) {
      if (buttons[b].justReleased()) {
        buttons[b].drawButton();       // unpressed
      }

      if (buttons[b].justPressed()) {
        buttons[b].drawButton(true);  // pressed

        switch (b) {
          // presets
          case 1: setparameters(110, 2, 0xB596, 1050, 100, 60, 30);    break;           // Keramik
          case 2: setparameters(110, 2, 0xB596, 250, 0, 0, 30);        break;           // Schmelze
          case 3: setparameters(110, 2, 0xB596, 1050, 0, 0, 30);       break;           // Glasur
          case 5:  incdec(110, 2, 0xB596, 0, -1);                       break;          // if (parameters[0]<30)   parameters[0]=30;   - maxtemp
          case 6:  incdec(110, 2, 0xB596, 0, 1);                       break;           // if (parameters[0]>1050) parameters[0]=1050; + maxtemp
          case 7:  incdec(110, 20, 0xB596, 1, -1);                      break;          // if (parameters[1]<30)   parameters[1]=30;   - ivtemp
          case 8:  incdec(110, 20, 0xB596, 1, 1);                      break;           // if (parameters[1]>1050) parameters[1]=1050; + ivtemp
          case 9:  incdec(110, 38, 0xB596, 2, -1);                      break;          // - iv Time
          case 10: incdec(110, 38, 0xB596, 2, 1);                      break;           // + iv Time
          case 11: incdec(110, 56, 0xB596, 3, -1);                      break;          // - max Time
          case 12: incdec(110, 56, 0xB596, 3, 1);                      break;           // + max Time
          case 13: runs = 1;                                          break;            // start pressed
        }

        // little delay to prevent uncontrolled ui reactions
        delay(100);
      }
    }
  }

}

If you get some weird results from the thermocouple, make sure you have it wired correctly. Try switching the cables if the numbers look weird.

There is no ° character in the lib and I am too lazy to embed a new font. 😉

Yes I know the color bleeding in the 3D print sucks. Who cares, doesn’t need to be a beauty.

Questions? Just ask.