17 Jun, 2014
After much worry and swapping a half inch coil that I thought would be too tall for a 3/8th inch one, the actual fitting went very smoothly. I can now control the temperature of the mash, putting me a lot closer to doing a brew :)
The pressure sensor dip tube for volume measurement also proved painless to fit and can be seen to the right of the coil.
10 Jun, 2014
Network up and linked via custom PHP script and serial <-> ethernet bifferboard bridge
10 Jun, 2014
Temperature sensors installed in the plate chiller – measuring H2O in, H2O out, Beer in (measured at kettle exit) and Beer out
09 Jun, 2014
Using a Bus Pirate to update the firmware on the Brewtroller – the Bus Pirate was set to communicate at 57600bps both PC side and client side, and then put into Transparent Bridge mode to allow the Arduino software (and in turn avrdude) to reprogramme the Sanguino microcontroller.
07 Apr, 2014
After an initial explosion where the hose came off the tap and covered the floor, walls and ceiling in cold water, the test didn’t go too badly. The main problems were: