[MPC] Add variable power support for PTC heaters #580
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PTC heaters need variable power to properly be supported by MPC.
This PR adds three new config options
heater_voltage
,heater_power_ambient
, andheater_temperature_coefficient
.Using the following measurements and formulas, your coefficient can easily be calculated. To simplify this, I've also documented and added a calculator to the MPC documentation.
The formulas then provide your configuration values:
heater_voltage =$V$ $T_{a}$ $\frac{V^2}{R_{a}}$ $\frac{(R_{2} - R_{a}) - 1}{T_{2} - T_{a}}$
heater_power_ambient =
heater_power =
heater_temperature_coefficient =
As an example, I am using TZ-V6 with 80W heaters from TriangleLab, which are 88.6W @ 24C, with a coefficient of 0.003131
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