7 weeks seems like a long time to wait for the boards. I have ordered five sets of boards from them and they all arrived with in a month. Have you tried to contact them ?The standard shipping doesn't include tracking. I've been waiting for 7 weeks since I received the shipping notice email. I'd definitely go for upgraded shipping.
As an aside (just now getting around to starting mine that the mighty @Bigdaddyale sorted) I would just like to say, likely on behalf of many others:
*clears throat*
SOLDERING PFETS CAN KISS MY HAIRY IRISH @#$#@!!!!
heh heh...at least you have an actual footprint to work with
Tin the three pads on the board, tin the three legs on the pfet, use tweezers to position it and reflow one leg.
Cheers!
7 weeks seems like a long time to wait for the boards. I have ordered five sets of boards from them and they all arrived with in a month. Have you tried to contact them ?
The standard shipping doesn't include tracking. I've been waiting for 7 weeks since I received the shipping notice email. I'd definitely go for upgraded shipping.
Thank you for ordering and we are very sorry for the inconvenience. HK Post takes 1-8 weeks as delivery time. Kindly monitor your delivery until next week and let me know if you have not received it still by then. HK Post does not have a tracking number so I also suggest that next time,you use DHL as courier so there would be a tracking number assigned. I will try to investigate further and see if we got any notification involving your delivery.
Welp, poop.
So got two of the three boards @Cadibrewer boards soldered and one of them is working away, the other is giving me nada. Tried swapping the LCD screens (with the one from the working board) but no dice. Thankfully I ASSUMED I'd screw one up, and have a backup (just need to snag some more capacitors and a pair of diodes) but before I delve into the autopsy, have there been any instances of bad boards, per chance?
Also, another question now that I have the one soldered up, since I'm used to the DIY one from @day_trippr (sans PFET, haha!) - I assume the rotary encoder just goes into the relevant pins go to digital 7,8,9, and ground on the stackable headers, using the relevant resistors? (Also have some of the ready-made ones @ame mentioned that I might try)
Went through my solder joints, and did notice that some of them around the IC socket weren't 100%, so redid them. Lo and behold, I have LCD activity now - just no backlight (yes, I immediately adjusted the trim pot!). Can't find any other issues, so my thoughts turned to the PFET. That said, the PFET should only be an issue after 10 minutes of inactivity, so even if it were in there wrong (it does look ok) then it would just mean the backlight would remain on?
Hahahahah! Very entertaining
How about the other board?
[...]On the flip side, while I suck at this, I do make REALLY good beer!
Well, that's something, anyway
Probably want to debug that third build now while your inner technician is all warmed up...
Cheers!
If your plan is to distract me and keep me out of the main brewpi thread with server-side inane questions, it won't work. I'll be there soon enough, and I'm laser focused - nothing will cause me to... OOH SOMETHING SHINY!
I started building my multichamber system a couple years back then I needed one 3d printed part, so I bought a small 3d printer so I could build a larger 3d printer so I could print the parts I need
I'll get back to you when I finally start brewing again
I know the feeling. I'm doing my absolute best to not realize that for the money I've spent on various Arduinos and components, I could have likely bought 3-4 BrewPi Sparks at this point.
[...]I'm doing my absolute best to not realize that for the money I've spent on various Arduinos and components, I could have likely bought 3-4 BrewPi Sparks at this point.
I know they were playing around with hooking it up to an esp8266 but not sure if they got it working. Once BrewPi gained momentum I think progress slowed down. I still have a few kicking around and they work great for Sous Vide.I built a few units for the guys in my brew club and they still use them for fermentation control. The game changer to the BrewPi was the $ 5.00 RPI0 and the $3.00 UNOR3I haven't been following its thread - is the STC1000+ web enabled now?
If not, it's the outlier, and between you and me, I would never go back to control devices I can't wiggle from afar
Cheers!
Oddly, the one area in the build where you CAN'T skimp seems to be the USB cable. I've got a total of five different ones here, and only ONE (a new one with double ferrite chokes) works. With both Arduinos hooked up to my RPi, the web interface only recognizes the one with that cable. (Even then it's shaky... methinks I need a hub, or at least provide power to the Arduinos externally rather than through the USB, even though I have a 10A power supply on the RPi)
Received the boards from OSH Park today - Very nice quality
Made in USA too.
13 Days from order to receive - but the postal service took four days from Portland to my house 135 miles way...
You can order ten boards here for $25 bucks but you will have to wait a month to see them-( The wait is longer as the factory has gone on spring break)or maybe somebody has a spare board they can sell.hi where i can find this pcb?? could you please provide me link?
hi where i can find this pcb?? could you please provide me link?
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