Hey guys, I know I'm not the first to throw my hat into the ring with Arduino based brew controls, but everything out there now seems to be hella-expensive, and I'm not sure why. I was building something for my home setup, and figured I'd gauge the community's interest.
I designed my controller around a re-purposed 3D printer control board. They make these in high quantity, which keeps the price down. They have a 20x4 LCD, encoder pushbutton, sonalert, and SD card slot built in! Add an enclosure, thermocouple, and a handful of relays, and that's basically it.. That and a crap-load of coding (almost done). Limitations are this would be a single contained unit, not linked to your computer, internet, cloud, birds, or anything fancy. If you had 3 kettles, you'd need 3 controllers, or need to swap one controller between them.
If there's good interest, I'll commit to finishing up before the end of the year, post updates, and all that junk. Maybe kickstarter it if I'm feeling whorish, haha. I'd also be interested to see what functionality people would want to see on a simple controller like this. Audible alerts to add ingredients, etc. Trying to keep the purchase price of this unit around $80-$100, lower if possible. Let me know, thanks!
Banana!
I designed my controller around a re-purposed 3D printer control board. They make these in high quantity, which keeps the price down. They have a 20x4 LCD, encoder pushbutton, sonalert, and SD card slot built in! Add an enclosure, thermocouple, and a handful of relays, and that's basically it.. That and a crap-load of coding (almost done). Limitations are this would be a single contained unit, not linked to your computer, internet, cloud, birds, or anything fancy. If you had 3 kettles, you'd need 3 controllers, or need to swap one controller between them.
If there's good interest, I'll commit to finishing up before the end of the year, post updates, and all that junk. Maybe kickstarter it if I'm feeling whorish, haha. I'd also be interested to see what functionality people would want to see on a simple controller like this. Audible alerts to add ingredients, etc. Trying to keep the purchase price of this unit around $80-$100, lower if possible. Let me know, thanks!
Banana!
