CraftBeerPi Raspberry Pi Brewing controller

[Manuel]

Hello,

I'm Manuel and I'd like to introduce my free Raspberry Pi based brewing controller CraftBeerPi.
Maybe it's also interesting for other home brewers.

Features:

• Simple and easy installation script
• Flexible Kettle Setup - From simple 1 kettle preserving cooker to 3 kettle RIMS or HERMS setup
• Flexible Brew Step Configuraiton - Configure your own brew steps. From mashing over boiling to whirlpool
• Automatic Timer Control. The Step Control will take care of your brew steps.
• Import Recipes from "Kleiner Brauhelfer" -Plan your brew at "Kleiner Brauhelfer" and import the recipes to CraftBeerPI
• Heater & Agitator Control - Control heater and agitator via web interface
• Temperature Chart - Temperature data is recorded and display as a line chart
• Mobile Device UI - Control your brew form Smartphone or Tablet
• Additional Hardware like pumps or vents can be controlled
• Brew Automatic with Overshoot Logic, PID Logic, Fermentation Logic.
• Custom Automatic logics can be add
• Recipe Book
• Support für GPIO, PiFace or Gembird USB Socket
• Temperature can be measured in Fahrenheit or Celciu

You will find the software on github.
https://github.com/Manuel83/craftbeerpi

Here you will find a video of the user interface.
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zM2dnFyB5w[/ame]

Some user pictures can be found on facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/craftbeerpi

Cheers,
Manuel

 

[Robbo100]

Nice work!

 

[BeardedMag]

Would there be any scope for maybe having a similar set up for use with non connect Grainfather? :) Great work btw!

 

[CrushOnCraft]

Has anybody added a spunding valve to craftbeerpi where the pressure can be monitored and adjusted through craftbeerpi?

If so, what did you use?

 

[itry]

Hi manuel im really interested in making this ! ive got all the bits but im having an issue with installing. are you able to help if i post it here.

I follow your orders as per your site.
then it comes to install the gpio install. y/n

i click yes. then it comes up with this.

Would you like to install wiringPI? This is required to control the GPIO (y/n): y
Cloning into 'wiringPi'...
fatal: unable to connect to git.drogon.net:
git.drogon.net[0: 2a03:9800:10:7b::2]: errno=Network is unreachable
git.drogon.net[1: 188.246.205.22]: errno=Connection refused

./install.sh: line 43: cd: wiringPi: No such file or directory
./install.sh: line 44: ./build: No such file or directory
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
python-setuptools is already the newest version (40.8.0-1).
The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required:
python-colorzero
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove it.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
./install.sh: line 54: easy_install: command not found
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
python-dev is already the newest version (2.7.16-1).
The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required:
python-colorzero
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove it.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
libpcre3-dev is already the newest version (2:8.39-12).
The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required:
python-colorzero
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove it.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Could not open requirements file: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'requirements.txt'

this is as far as i can get with it. please help!!!

 

[GeorgieV]

git.drogon.net: says :

git.drogon.net is currently unavailable.

Please look for alternatives for wiringPi, etc.

(I really mean look for an alternative - as in use another GPIO library. also read the news on News | Wiring Pi )

-Gordon

It sounds to me as it is not going to come back any time soon.

Edit: You can open an issue here.

 

[ChilledGecko]

If you are installing CBPi3 (the current version) wiring Pi is not needed.
I've been running CBPi 3 on a Pi3 for a year or so now without issue.
If you still hit issues installing there is a forked version that I used to install it that ensures all the correct versioning of python etc is correctly installed. Shout and I'll search it out

 

[itry]

I searched around last night and found a guide for cbp3 last night and it worked a treat. This isn't mentioned on the cbp site. It tries to load an old version. I'm looking foward to playing with it tonight!