Hello all,

I am new to the beaglebone community, so I'd first like to say hello.

A little background, I have a little bit of experience with Linux Debian, 
so I'm not completely new to Linux, but I'm nowhere near knowledged yet. I 
do have extensive knowledge with Windows platforms. I also do write some 
code in C, C++, HTML, Batch scripts, and am planning on finally learning 
some Perl. 

I am working on a smoker that I have been building for some time now. I 
came across a 330 gallon oil tank and have put about 120 hours so far into 
it. I finally am approaching the point where the fabrication process is 
coming to fruition, and have installed K Type thermocouples. I have a Fluke 
temperature standard that I am using in parallel with a voltage multimeter. 
The thermocouples are a voltage standard, and return a small millivoltage 
return as temperature fluctuates

I am planning on monitoring a range of room temperature (70ish F) to 500F, 
even though that is way above the temperature I will be reaching. That 
gives me a range of 0mV to 9.5mV. I am then using Op Amps with a 175 gain 
to achieve a range of 0V to 1.8V (yes I realize it isn't 1.8V exact, but I 
am observing the 1.8V maximum).

I then found this link which helped me understand a little bit more as far 
as to viewing the AIN inputs:
https://www.linux.com/learn/how-get-analog-input-beaglebone-black

I understand that the above link is not exactly what I will be doing, but I 
think it is an OK starting as far as to view the 12 bits of information I 
will receive when the temperature changes

My question is, am I on the right track? What would be my next step as far 
as creating a continuous loop to run when beaglebone boots?

My eventual plan for this is to use a 4x40 LCD display I have and mount it 
on the smoker to give continuous temperature reading, and maybe even push 
it to an Android App to be able to monitor it remotely (802.11) from a 
reasonable distance

Thanks!
Alex

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