Major updates

Now available: the BrewPi Spark 3

Today, we can proudly announce that the BrewPi Spark 3 is ready to ship!

With a complete redesign of the electronics and the casing, its our biggest update to date and it has been a long journey. Sorry to keep you guys waiting. I have a newfound sympathy for overdue kickstarter projects. Designing a new …

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BrewPi Spark 3 update (almost ready!)

Hi guys,

Just a quick update on the BrewPi Spark 3. We’re getting really close to release now.

Injection molded casing

I hoped we could release tomorrow, but we were not 100% happy with the new enclosure after the first test run of the mold. Let me illustrate with some photos.

 

As you can …

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Introducing the BrewPi Spark

It has been a long time since we last posted an update on our blog, so this is going to be a big one. We are proud to announce a new version of our hardware, the BrewPi Spark!

The BrewPi Spark will replace the BrewPi Arduino Shield. We shipped about a 1000 BrewPi Arduino shields …

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Fridge hacking guide now online!

I recently helped Koen to convert his fridge into a BrewPi fermentation fridge. We added OneWire temperature sensors and hacked the fridge for fermentation temperature control.

BrewPi Fridge Conversion: Done!

My own fridge has seen too many experiments, it has been sawed in and I modded it before I really knew how fridges were wired. It works, but it’s …

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New BrewPi release available! Update now!

Hi Brewers!

It has been too long since our last release, but this is a good one! We added a few scripts to help you install and update BrewPi, which should make the whole release process a lot easier in the future.

Integrated temperature profile dialog

The biggest change in this release is that we …

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This is BrewPi 0.2!

I have kept you guys waiting for a long time, but it’s finally here:

BrewPi 0.2 is out!

If you’re new to BrewPi, here’s a quick overview:

BrewPi is an open source temperature controller for brewing based on Raspberry Pi and Arduino. The Arduino can even run standalone, so if your Pi crashes your beer is still safe. But …

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Pictures of BrewPi Case 2.0

Hello folks!

Previously we posted about the BrewPi case to house all the electronics. We’ve found time to update the design of the BrewPi case and we made our first prototype, what do you think?

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The BrewPi shop is open for business!

Hi Guys!

I am proud to announce that the BrewPi shop is open to take your orders! Unfortunately stock is limited for two reasons:

    This was the first time I ordered most of the parts, so I did not want to order much more than 100 of each. China is on holiday! The timing of
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Here are some pics of assembled shields

Hi guys,

The first BrewPi shields are ready for testing. I will try to update the code for the new shields this week and in the meantime I am also looking for the best place to buy the parts. Unfortunately I can already tell you that connectors are expensive, especially when you want high quality …

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