This is my new controller. The log: The PID parameters used were tuned by using 2 gallons of water. I should’ve tuned with 5 gallon water, but I wanted to check the effectivity of PID parameters....
My New BrewManiacEx Controller and the result of latest brew
BrewManiacEx Release
BrewManacEx is a brew controller based on ESP8266. It was started by mimicking famous Arduino-based Open ArdBir, so most of Open ArdBir functions are included. Manual and Automation brewing pro...
BrewManiacEx Preliminary information
BrewManiacEx is the integration of BME8266 and BrewManiac on ESP8266. All functions of BrewManiac are available for BrewManiacEx. There are a few extra new functions: PID Auto Tune Multiple s...
How to tune the Auto Tune?
The PID parameters have bothered me for a while, so I managed to integrate the PID AutoTune library: https://github.com/br3ttb/Arduino-PID-AutoTune-Library It was very easy, but testing it takes lo...
General Brew Controller
I had thought that ESP8266 might not be as stable as Arduino because it is more complex and performs a lot of networking related jobs. It turns out that ESP8266 is stable enough for my purpose, tho...
BrewPiLess under AP mode
BrewPiLess now can run in AP mode, which enables it to run stand alone. The newly modified WiFiManager has a new option, “Soft AP Mode”. Soft AP mode will also be entered if the network setting is ...
BrewManiac@ESP8266
I finally built a control box to be used with GrainFather. Using a water-proof project box and membrane keypad makes me feel more comfortable to use it in the environment of a lot of water. The por...
BrewPiLess
Software Installation **Arduino IDE is no longer used.** **1.Install Arduino IDE 1.6.8 or above (I am using1.6.9)** <https://www.arduino.cc/en/main/software> **2.Install ESP8266/Arduino Bo...
Hardware Woe
I have been looking for a 5V ready ESP8266 board, so following Luiz Gabrie’s link, I bought this board. I was happy to find that it has 4M bytes flash. It might be its level shifting circuit, I c...
BrewManiac+BMESP8266 V0.9
-use WebSocket instead of original ServerSideEvent. The new version of ESPAsyncWebServer breaks the original ServerSideEvent. -Simple Mash Steps is now the master branch. The Arduino code has to be...