The Myphone sensor uses the headset connector on your smart-phone or tablet, either Iphone or Android, and you can attach our quick small air temperature sensor or a cooking probe. We have developed some great features:
-Automatic calibration with either our Air Temperature sensor or our cooking probe
-Quick response time algorithms so you can tell the outside temperature right away. This uses a
predictive algorithm so that the software estimates where on the curve the temperature will stabilize. We chose very small thermistors to reduce the response time,, however they just weren’t quick enough. This is pretty accurate, and cool!
-Skype notification system that works on IOS or Android.The notification function was a tough one to crack. We decided to go with skype because of the open plug in, universal interface, and popularity. You’ll need a free skype account for notifications to work.
-A collaboration Website. You can record and store your temperature logs as graphs on our website, myphonethermometer.com. This feature is also available with other smartphone thermometers, but we have also made temperature curves collaborative. You can share cooking temperature curves, home heating profiles, whatever – and Kickstarter backers will have free access to the web site, where all kinds of interesting temperature charts and readings will be stored! With our cooking thermometer you can compare your barbecue temperatures for “Boston Butt” to those of master chefs or your neighbors! The next features (below) set us apart from the other smartphone thermometers out there:
-It works with both Android and IOS. Right from the start we wanted our sensors to work on all popular platforms. We won't stop until we make that happen.
-You get an air temperature sensor AND a cooking sensor. Now you can track the temperature of pretty much anything!
-You can use your existing cooking sensor if you want. If you have one that works great, as long as it is a 100Kohm sensor, which most are, you can use your own. Most of them have the mini 2.5mm plug like ours does. You can plug it in to your controls, and plug it into your smart phone to record the temperature curve. You will need to calibrate your own sensor by using ice water and boiling water, but the software will remember the calibration after that.
-Kickstarters have free access to our collaborative web site. OK, the secret is out, we plan to charge for our website in the future, but your kickstarter login will stay valid as long as Myphone is in business! Who knows, maybe someday all of the great barbecue chefs will have their secret smoking temperatures posted on our web site. We sure hope so!
-And!! – ours is the least expensive smartphone thermometer out there. System D is committed to delivering the best products at the lowest possible price. Eventually the market will set the price, but for now we're trying to produce a volume product, with high quality production tools, that will keep the price in line with what most people will pay for a device like this.
