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    "Smart" fermentation controller idea

    I don't really understand how it works. In my experience, the temperature of environment dominates the cooling frequency. Let's say, setting the temperature 68F, my fridge runs frequently when it is 90+F, and it merely runs when it is 65F or under. IMO, gravity checking is the way to go...
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    BrewPi@ESP8266, no need of RPI and Arduino.

    It took me a while to get ADS1115 module for verifying and fine-tuning. The major updates: 1. Pressure chart and pressure log 1.1 ADS1115 ADC sensor support ADS1115 is a better ADC, especially when controlling pressure is needed. 2. ESP32 support The only advantages are faster response and...
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    iSpindle - DIY Electronic Hydrometer

    First of all, check if your iSpindel does wake up or not by watching the LED on D1 mini board. You could set the report period to a shorter time.
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    YABC-Yet a Brew Controller: BrewManiacEx

    The water amount displayed is "INFUSE_AMOUNT" in MASH_STEP: INFUSE_AMOUNT Conditional Volume (liters) The volume of water in liters to infuse in this step. Required only for infusion steps, though one may also add water for temperature mash steps. One should not have an infusion amount for...
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    YABC-Yet a Brew Controller: BrewManiacEx

    It is said that ESP8266 is 5v tolerant. I have a BrewPiLess setup that has 5v and 3.3v mixed connections like yours. It has run for over 3 years. It's not a good practice, but you should be fine. I don't have much knowledge about SSR, you might need to find out the specification of yours and try...
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    BrewPi@ESP8266, no need of RPI and Arduino.

    Weak WiFi signal does cause problems because the POWER to transmit data is higher, and the retransmitting results higher loading of the system. I can't look at this, because the POWER and the wiring is done by you, and we don't have access to the WiFi module or even the task scheduler. Some...
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    YABC-Yet a Brew Controller: BrewManiacEx

    I took the minimum values from Open AirBir. It seems to work for most of the people. There are people who use stirrers instead of PUMPs and need to set the values in seconds, there is an option for it.
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    BrewPi@ESP8266, no need of RPI and Arduino.

    I don't think hd44780 type LCD will break easily, but OLED LCD seems like easier to break. If you install buttons on D3 and/or D4, you can wake up the LCD by pressing one of it. Otherwise, you might need to set "LCD auto off" time to 0(zero) to turn on it, and later set it to some other values...
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    BrewPi@ESP8266, no need of RPI and Arduino.

    The "External Sensor" is used to enable temperature readings from iSpindel: https://github.com/vitotai/BrewPiLess/blob/master/doc/iSpindelAsSensor.md
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    BrewPi@ESP8266, no need of RPI and Arduino.

    "h". The response should include a list of devices, like {"i":0,"t":1,"c":1,.....,"a":"28BE07Dxxxxxxxx","j":0.00} ... "i" is device index, and "j" is the calibration value.
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    BrewPi@ESP8266, no need of RPI and Arduino.

    It is stored in EEPROM, which survives flashing new firmware though not really EEPROM. You can view it by JSON commands by which you modify it.
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    YABC-Yet a Brew Controller: BrewManiacEx

    I couldn't make PWM work on ESP8266. There are some issues, and you can find some on the internet. Moreover, you need a way to control it, which means UI is needed. It complicated the whole thing. If you don't need automatic speed control, which is another issue, maybe using a physical dimmer...
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    YABC-Yet a Brew Controller: BrewManiacEx

    On phones and tablets that have touch screen, press “UP” and “DOWN” simultaneously. Or, click at the rectangle area contains the buttons, move into “UP” without releasing mouse, continue to “DOWN”, and release inside the buttons.
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    YABC-Yet a Brew Controller: BrewManiacEx

    Some people reported that the temperature jumped and resulted unexpected behavior and I saw that once myself, so LPF was introduced. The minimum read time is to alleviate processing loading for reading temperature. The time requires to get a reading depends on the resolution. The longest time...
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    YABC-Yet a Brew Controller: BrewManiacEx

    There isn't an easy way unless you modify the source code.
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    BrewPi@ESP8266, no need of RPI and Arduino.

    It made me chuckle. Usually, I would say NodeMcu or D1 mini. Now that the ESP32 port seems to work well. Maybe ESP32 is a future-proof option, although we don't get all the advantages but only rotary encoder support.
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    YABC-Yet a Brew Controller: BrewManiacEx

    press other any key will stop the buzzer. So, just press one of the other two keys.
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    BrewPi@ESP8266, no need of RPI and Arduino.

    BrewPiLess doesn’t handle DMS, it doesn’t generate DMS log. There is a log viewer in “/extra” folder on github that can view logs of BrewPiLess but not DMS.
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    BrewPi@ESP8266, no need of RPI and Arduino.

    No. I don't use WiFiManager anymore, but the behavior is similar. Basically, I "merged" WiFiManager into my code/UI. Yes. I think WiFiManager should have the same issue on framework 2.2.0 and maybe onward. If there is not a network that is connected to previously and the WiFi mode is set to...
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    BrewPi@ESP8266, no need of RPI and Arduino.

    I have bee messing with WiFi stuff for a while, and the behavior changes as framework version upgrades. Not long ago, I learned "AutoReconnection" option and use that option to recover network when lost. It seems like in framework 2.2.0, the WiFi stack devotes all resource to "reconnect", which...
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