I'm just amazed that three years later folks are still able to find compatible units to mod...
Cheers!
Cheers!
It seems like the time between steps is not hours but minutes.
Thanks
Dave
I think this is the correct thread to ask, since it is about the STC-1000.
I am thinking about buying a STC-1000 for a different purpose than what is discussed here. I don't brew beer but I work with chocolate (pralines, bonbons) and I am looking for a way to temper the chocolate I used. Tempering chocolate is an essential step for making smooth, glossy, evenly colored coating for pralines. Tempering prevents the dull grayish color and waxy texture that happens when cocoa fat separates out. Tempered chocolate produces a crisp snap when you bite into it and the final product will get a nice shine on it.
The process of tempering chocolate consist of a few steps:
1. Melt the chocolate to a temperature of 40-50 degrees (depends on type of chocolate that you use)
2. Bring down the temperature of the chocolate to 27 degrees (not all chocolate manufactures advise this step, but the brand I use suggests to do it)
3. Bring the temperature of the chocolate to 31 degrees and keep it there for as long as you work with it.
First I need to know if the STC-1000 can do this. I am ready to apply the firmware that is discussed here https://github.com/matsstaff/stc1000p or here https://github.com/Emile666/stc1000_stm8 (whichever is better).
In case the STC-1000 can do this, I need to think about what to do to heat the chocolate. I have thought of pumping hot and cold water through a coil around a chocolate container. Another wild idea is to use a hairdryer that can blow both hot and cold air.
Other suggestions are very welcome. Looks like a nice project for the upcoming holidays.
Thank you very much! Good to have confirmation that this could work and thank you for the suggestions on items to buy.
The volume of the chocolate I am working with is very small if you compare it with beer brewing. Most of times I work with a 1kg (2 lb) or less.
How can I use the STC1000+ One vessel brew system controller to control a RIMS tube?
Can all stc1000's be modded now? The Ali express guy takes a month and a half for shipping whereas amazon can ship in a couple of days.
Trying to save you money. If you can find a Homebrew club in your area I bet one of the members will know how to flash a unit for you -might just cost you a beer or two. Four year old STC is probably the correct version so you may not need to buy another STC.Does anyone here know of a place I can just buy a pre-flashed STC1000+. I've been using the standard version of STC1000 on my ferm chambers for 4 years and now I need another controller for another serving fridge, so i'd like to replace the STC on my ferm chambers with the 1000+ so i can set temp profiles. I'm not sure if anyone is selling these commercially or if any of you are willing to sell and ship on to me in colorado? Thanks!
Trying to save you money. If you can find a Homebrew club in your area I bet one of the members will know how to flash a unit for you -might just cost you a beer or two. Four year old STC is probably the correct version so you may not need to buy another STC.
Are you selecting the proper STC type?Hi all, Hope for som help because it look like I'm not able to solve this by my own.
Started to program my STC with software for fermentor but my STC runs now the ovbc instead. Have now tried with different computers, from the sketch generator and from download files, even old versions. The STC was original stc-1000 A_400P when I started.
Case solved. It was old an program in the Aurdino memory and I was probably tierd so I was using open instead of upload the sketch to Arduino.STC-1000+ with Celsius yes. Even downloaded ver 1.06 because I think ovbs wasn't created then. Have started to think that ovbc somhowe are stored in my aurdino. Last I used it it was ovbc I programmed with.
I have a bunch of 110VAC transformers for the STC-1000 (got the wrong ones myself, their fault, I didn't want to wait for sending them back and getting new ones, so they sent 230VAC transformers and I switched them myself). You could have them, but I think shipping from Sweden might not be cost effective.
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