Author's Note I'm drafting these instructions mostly as a placeholder from memory in order to generate an evergreen URL I can then link to from within Fermentrack. My hope is to prep TiltBridge support within Fermentrack 2 for release, edit these instructions, and only then release

Although I am but a humble monoglot, there are brewers around the world, and I'd prefer my tools be available to them even if they don't speak English. To that end, I've spent the past few years trying to translate my projects into the

Over the past several weeks I've been hard at work trying to get a handful of projects I've had in flight for awhile now to the point I can release them. As all of them (other than the case designs!) are still technically either "alpha&

Fermentrack began life as a replacement for the Raspberry Pi-hosted web interface for BrewPi. Over time it evolved—adding new features, supporting ESP-based controllers, and outgrowing its humble Pi roots. Today, the latest iteration - Fermentrack 2 - is fully cloud-native, so you can host it anywhere: on a virtual

Sometimes things don't work according to plan. Sometimes these also become learning opportunities! Unfortunately, I've had a number of these as part of my Tilt Hydrometer accuracy experiment. Apparently yes, yeast expires So I started "Phase 2" last weekend, but - as of Tuesday

Ever since I began brewing, I’ve been fascinated by electronic specific gravity sensors. Early in my brewing journey, I tried building my own using various technologies, but eventually I discovered the Tilt Hydrometer. The Tilt provided exactly what I was looking for—a real-time window into my beer’s

This post is intended as a response to my recent frustration finding guidance on how to convert Arduino-framework projects such as BrewPi-ESP and TiltBridge to use Arduino as an ESP-IDF component instead. If you're interested in why this change needed to be made for my projects, keep reading.

One of my original PCB designs for the BrewPi-ESP project was intended to connect a Lolin D1 Mini to all the hardware necessary to make BrewPi-ESP work. Although I now recommend using this board design with the Lolin S2 Mini (or better yet, switching to an ESP32-based board!), the assembly

Throughout the life of the BrewPi-ESP project, the "base" build has required a minimum of four distinct components: * An ESP-8266/ESP-32 controller * A 2-channel relay board * A 5V power supply * A custom PCB to connect everything While these components are relatively easy to source individually, having four separate

Although Fermentrack 2 documentation is coming, its not here quite yet. Here's how you can connect the latest (v16+) versions of the BrewPi-ESP firmware to Fermentrack 2. Step 1: Flash the Controller & Connect to WiFi If you haven't yet done so, start by flashing the

If you have questions about one of my projects, would like to help fix or maintain any of the translations, or are otherwise interested in something that you've read here, please reach out! The majority of my projects have threads on Homebrewtalk Forums which I monitor regularly. Notable

A common question that people ask on HomeBrewTalk is how the various BrewPi offshoots differ. At the moment, there are four major variants of BrewPi firmware in common use: OG Legacy BrewPi BrewPi-Remix BrewPi-ESP32* BrewPiLess Microcontroller Arduino Uno Arduino Uno ESP32* ESP8266 Screen Support Parallel LCD2004 I2C LCD2004 TFT ?? Free