Craftbeerpi

[darren996]

Looks like an ardbir alternative based on raspberry pi

http://www.craftbeerpi.com

Some examples of what people are doing with it on the facebook page
https://m.facebook.com/craftbeerpi?refid=52&ref=page_internal

[SkiBeagle]

Looks very interesting, Darren. I'm using Strangebrew Elsinore which I'm very happy with. I have one or two spare RPi boards lying around. I'll give this a whirl and see if its good. The website presentation is very professional.

[darren996]

Yeah, ordered a pi zero, very cheap. I am going to see what it looks like. I have an ardbir that I am very happy with but craftbeerpi is still being developed and looks like it could be better than the ardbir. Sure it will be a bit if fun anyways.

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[SkiBeagle]

I'd highly recommend dietpi.com to slim down the RPi image size. When you want a headless server, you don't need all the junk they throw into the usual Noobs images. I'm running Elsinore on a headless PiZero with a minimal dietpi image. Taking only about 3-4% CPU time. Very responsive web interface. Be very interested to hear your impressions of Craftbeerpi.

[darren996]

Thanks for that, I was wondering what image to install, I will give it a go. Hopefully I will have a barebones up and running next week, waiting on the pi to arrive.

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[darren996]

Haven't got around to this yet but I was checking out their Facebook page and the have a pic of the fermentation settings,  it's pretty cool. With the one wire probe you can have endless temp probes controlled by the same unit.. Check it out
https://scontent-amt2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/t31.0-8/fr/cp0/e15/q65/13558834_510215925853906_87470676909141147_o.png.jpg?efg=eyJpIjoidCJ9


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[SkiBeagle]

Hi Darren, I had a look at CBPi and it seems pretty nice. It's heavier on the PiZero than SBE (python vs java) but that won't make much difference. It has some very nice features - especially for fermentation.
I don't think I'll switch from SBE though. SBE lets me do a lot of different things very easily and very freely. At the moment, it doesn't do the kind of stepped fermentation temperature control that BrewPi or CBPi do. I tend to do this manually, by setting a Hysteresis mode with close Heat/Cool temperatures. Doug Edey has said he's in the middle of a major upgrade of SBE, and I'm looking forward to that. Hopefully it will have more capability to manage fermentation. That said, it has done everything I needed it to do perfectly. I use the same setup for brewday and for fermentation. I just retask the probes to drive the fridge and heater during ferment.
Please let us know if you decide to go with CBPi and how you get on with it.

[darren996]

Yep,  I will let you know,  going to give SBE a go after I get setup with craftbeerpi.  Did you look at 2.1 or the pre release build of 2.2. I think 2.2 has a lot more features.  The fermentation dashboard looks like is going to do step fermentation. Hopefully I will get around to it soon..

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[SkiBeagle]

It was the 2.1. I didn't realise there was a later version. Must take a look...

[darren996]

It was the 2.1. I didn't realise there was a later version. Must take a look...

Yeah, have a look on the facebook site, i think you will like the fermentation dashboard.

[terragady]

did you get it working on PiZero?

[darren996]

Yep,  its working on the zero,  i will do a build thread when i am finished,  just waiting on a project box.. Havent done a brew day test yet,  but it looks the business.

[pob]

Looks great, v small & neat.

Why don't you use the 2nd channel on the relay board in place of the SSR? Keep it smaller again.

Must order a PiZero - they're always out of stock when I remember to go looking for them

[darren996]

Yep very neat and very easy to put together. You can monitor and control the software from your phone.

I thought i needed an ssr for pid operation.  Will the relay be able act in pid mode?  If it can i would definitely consider it.

I have an ardbir with a 40 ssr as well,  the heatsink gets pretty hot on that,  would the relay be able to handle that?

[pob]

It's much slower reacting for fermentation than a mash (compared to ArdBir); switch time is in minutes rather than seconds, so may not need SSR.

Must have a full read of instructions.

Is phone monitoring a webpage or app?

Edit: ignore above, just looked at site - thought it was a different bit of s/ware & ferment only. You've now sown seeds to go down another rabbit hole.