Open Ardbir - Open source platform for brewing process control and automation

[Will_D]

Bugger ye lot! There goes my Christmas bonus!
I'm IN!

Yet to receive a confirmation on this order - about how long to ship to Ireland?

[darren996]

Oh crap ordered sunday and got his today. I got a mail to say he was waiting on a usb cable and then he will ship. So i reckon 2 - 3 days shipping

[Oh Crap]

Bugger ye lot! There goes my Christmas bonus!
I'm IN!

Yet to receive a confirmation on this order - about how long to ship to Ireland?

Mine arrived Tuesday....ordered Sunday night

[Leann ull]

Yep another email tonight saying they will ship tomorrow, 10/10 for keeping customer informed

[McMelloW]

If somebody is not using the empty Nano board. I am very interested in it. 

[darren996]

Mine arrived today..

[Will_D]

Well thanks to Liam and Glenn I now have an ArdBir. Like others I am amazed that there is no simple connection diagram or even a link to Gitbub for the documentation. After all this is a €100 bit of kit!

Anyways thanks to this thread I now have the basics to proceed.

Qn: What is the USB socket for? I would assume that if it was a plug then into the old laptop. But a socket?

[Leann ull]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBzERqJOfCo

[darren996]

The usb socket is to connect the ardbir to pc for firmware updates.

[pob]

link to OpenArdBir manual

(It's in a Dropbox, you can download it or open in phone/iPad)

[McMelloW]

Well thanks to Liam and Glenn I now have an ArdBir. Like others I am amazed that there is no simple connection diagram or even a link to Gitbub for the documentation. After all this is a €100 bit of kit!

Anyways thanks to this thread I now have the basics to proceed.

Qn: What is the USB socket for? I would assume that if it was a plug then into the old laptop. But a socket?

This connection manual is in the Open ArdBir dropbox But I will attach the pdf to this posting.

When you just use the board with keypad, you can use the USB port-cable and connect a cble to yoyu PC/Laptop.  I have plugged the USB-cable in to a phone power adapter for this purpose.
If you use Arduino IDE you can upload your own software from your PC/Laptop to your ArdBir via the USB port.

Many succes with connecting your Open ArdBir. Any questions, just drop a line.

[Will_D]

The usb socket is to connect the ardbir to pc for firmware updates.

Its a socket (the same as the socket on a pc) so no pluggy play!

[McMelloW]

The usb socket is to connect the ardbir to pc for firmware updates.

Its a socket (the same as the socket on a pc) so no pluggy play!

Sorry, forgot to mention. You need an 'USB to USB' connection cable for it to connect between your the PC and the USB cable on you ArdBir board.
See post #11 of this topic. Second picture, right hand corner. The blue cable, bought it at the local PC shop for only €6,95

[Will_D]

Sorry, forgot to mention. You need an 'USB to USB' connection cable for it to connect between your the PC and the USB cable on you ArdBir board.
See post #11 of this topic. Second picture, right hand corner. The blue cable, bought it at the local PC shop for only €6,95

Why didn't they just supply a plug cable? Very odd!
So the idea is just to plug into PC to download new code (if you know what you are doing) from the Arduino IDE.

Can it do anything else with the USB socket?

Also there are a few undocumnted headers on the board ICSP1 (2x4) and JP2 & JP3

One last question:

The all in one user manual states:
"BEFORE any operation please remember to run a COMPLETE set up of the PID-PWM configuration and unit parameter configuration
All details are reported in the user manual"

Does this mean you have to check and set up every parameter as described from page 5 onwards or are they shipped with working defaults

[Sorcerers Apprentice]

A timely tip, check the power supply plug tops on your old broken Christmas lights some may be 12v dc