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A calm technology display. How to use thermochromic film with an N-channel MOSFET driven Arduino based resistor-heater

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Physical computing liquid crystal transistor resistor tutorial - Thermochromic display

A calm technology display. How to use thermochromic film with an N-channel MOSFET driven Arduino based resistor-heater

Setup

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Schematic

BOM

€ 14,00 Adafruit Metro Mini 328 5V 16MHz microcontroller
€  1,00 ALPS RK09K113-LIN10K linear potentiometer 10kΩ
€  1,00 7 VISHAY VI MBE04140C2000 200Ω 0,6W resistors
€  1,00 ON Semiconductor TIP120 NPN Darlington-transistor
€ 10,00 SFXC thermochromic liquid crystal sheet 30-35°C
€  1,00 1mm cardboard
€  4,00 Half-size transparent breadboard
€  1,00 Jumper cables
€  1,00 2,1mm DC barrel-jack
€  1,00 100 µF 10V el. cap, 1kΩ resistor
€ 13,00 MEANWELL GS15E-11P1J PSU
€ 48,00

Useful links

μc https://www.adafruit.com/product/2590
Transistor https://www.onsemi.com/pub/Collateral/TIP120-D.PDF
Thermochromic liquid crystal sheet https://findmydata.cloud/uploads/pdf/liquid-crystal-sheets1.pdf