I started an electronic mead brewing setup, I hope you all like it or can adapt it to what you need. I think it will be amazing and keep the quality up on the mead because you won't have to draw a sample from the carboy in order to read the SG, Just use tilt!
Hardware
Instructions:
If you have any questions or run into problems Please let me know and I will do my best to answer them! Plans for the future include a Turbidity Sensor to see how clear your Brew is!
Hardware
- Raspberry Pi B3+
- RpI 7" HDMI Touchscreen
- Dual case for RpI & 7" HDMI Touchscreen
- Micro Mouse & Keyboard Setup
- Inline RpI power switch
- RpI Stable Power Adapter
- Tilt Electronic Temperature and Hydrometer
- 32 Gig Micro SD Card
- MicroSD to USB (Optional If you Already Have One)
Instructions:
- Download TiltPi OS (Make sure to get the HDMI Version), Download Rufus
- Unzip TiltPi image onto desktop or downloads folder.
- Unbox Micro SD Card, Plug Into USB Adapter and then into your laptop. Open Rufus and select your SD Card, Then add the Image to wherever you downloaded it to. Start Image Burn.
- While TiltPi Image is burning to the SD card, Unbox the Raspberry Pi B3+, Power adapter, Inline Power Switch, Screen, and case.
- Install Screen and Raspberry Pi Into Case, Plug Inline power cable into the Raspberry Pi and then into the power adapter.
- Remove SD Card after Image burn is finished, and insert it into the Raspberry Pi, Cycle the power to Raspberry Pi
- Raspberry Pi should boot into TiltPi OS and automatically launch the program (If it does not there will be an icon on the home screen).
- Unbox Tilt and Insert battery if it is not installed.
- Open settings in the TiltPi OS and connect to tilt.
- Drop Tilt into Carboy and watch the readings!
If you have any questions or run into problems Please let me know and I will do my best to answer them! Plans for the future include a Turbidity Sensor to see how clear your Brew is!
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