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Yeah, I gave up on that approach. It seems like it would work in theory, but it turns out to be pretty inconvenient (ignoring my quality control woes). The side-mounted USB and power switch makes it difficult to charge/program/turn off, and would likely require recalibrating on every use since...

Aaaaaaand we're back to bad news. The vials that I got aren't even close to waterproof. Lame. At this point, I think I'm going to give up on the all-in-one idea, as the PCB version up on PCBway seems way easier to put together and I have other uses for the all-in-one breakout boards anyway.

I can now officially say: don't go with the all in one, at least not that particular model. Bought a third one (free after refund), and that one broke as well, even with me being ultra ultra careful with the port. A quick look reveals that the port is glued on, and whatever was used to do the...

For what it's worth, I still am not 100% sure of what vessel the most-in-1 breakout board version will fit in. It won't fit in a standard soda bottle preform. Pretty sure it'll fit in one of these, but who know. I'll keep people updated.

Oh man, not only am I wrong about that, it's EVEN FASTER. That is a REALLY well-optimized system.

Edits for corrections: They only sorta do, though. My brew bot uses its own probes to monitor temperature, which are plugged into the unit and into the wall not the ones in the tilt for when the tilt battery runs out, for the reasons I described. The app and the "no matter where you are"...

Edit: ignore, I was incorrect about the tilt's reading frequency. Wireless isn't going to be practical here, unfortunately. In order to save battery so it can be used over the course of fermentation and not die within a day, Tilt and others only send signals once-ish an hour. Active temp...

Quick update on the above: bought two of them, and the USB ports broke off both IMMEDIATELY. Seems others have also had this problem. Re-purchasing them, will epoxy them to reinforce the very weak soldering.

Well, looks like @lightnin9 and I had the same idea at the same time. I ordered a pair of them from AliExpress, will give this a go whenever they get here. Will probably write the code from scratch and use Blynk or something similar for instead of the ispindel firmware.

I am thinking about making one of these, and have a question. I saw a cheap d1 mini / esp8266 board with built in battery and charging capability on amazon here. Seems like that would greatly simplify this project by eliminating needing to have a separate charging breakout board and shorting...

Just wanted to put this here in case anyone else is looking for a head start on a home coded arduino-based brewery with control through Blynk, with a basic parts list and some barebones intro code for PID-based temperature control. Also, general shoutout to @BrunDog (developer of the much...

Thanks for looking, I did the same. Like I said, I am almost done with the code already (i.e. am in the forever tweaking phase). Frankly, if you have any sort of coding experience at all, it's pretty easy. The only thing that BruControl would do for me that I can't fairly easily do for myself...

Happy for you to join in. However, I don't really think I am sending mixed messages here, and am not sure why there seems to be a belief that I either have to be 100% all DIY all day (which doesn't even really make sense, nothing is 100% DIY), or 0% buy everything out of the box, especially...

Putting out a feeler for selling a complete brewing system (possibly in parts), built from scratch. The system is highlighted here and here. Built it a bit over a year ago, lots of great brew days with it, but now working on something a bit different. System is designed to be super flexible, so...

Heh, re-reading that definitely makes it sound like something a bit more...nefarious, but that's just what an illegal grow house operator would say :). $100 doesn't break the bank, it just doubles my control panel build cost and has little added benefit to me personally. Plus, like many other...