roaster control widget

[mp]

Does that mean that the Milowidget is going to be outfitted with a murse?

That could be ... and maybe some cheese.

 

[mp]

It could also mean that Bold|Java will have a chance to pooch all our roasts by proxy.

Never thought of that ... but you have a point.

Guaranteed poochees or your money back.

 

[BoldJava]

Update on the Milowewidget (wink):

MVI 0825

[rgrosz78]

Update on the Milowewidget (wink):

You are SUCH a tease ...

The inside story

[BoldJava]

Whose house is this one at now with the beta-testing?

[milowebailey]

I know most of you won't believe this, and I don't blame you.... but I've been working on the milowidget again and it's coming along.  With help from one of the members here I finally got the keypad working and now can actually control the roaster manually, as well as enter set points and ramp times. 

I have a week off of work and plan to work on it a little every day.  The difference between the milowidget and the homeroasters.org HT controller is you don't need a computer attached to it and will be able to enter in your profiles with the keypad.... hopefully store a few profiles and recall them.

Software isn't my strongest point, but I know what I want this to do.... and eventually I'll make it work.  Once that's done then I'll interface it with a Behmor... really

[peter]

I don't believe it.   

[rasqual]

Will someone refresh my lazy memory -- what's the basic infrastructure? Arduino?

[paultflorida]

I know most of you won't believe this, and I don't blame you.... but I've been working on the milowidget again and it's coming along.  With help from one of the members here I finally got the keypad working and now can actually control the roaster manually, as well as enter set points and ramp times. 

I have a week off of work and plan to work on it a little every day.  The difference between the milowidget and the homeroasters.org HT controller is you don't need a computer attached to it and will be able to enter in your profiles with the keypad.... hopefully store a few profiles and recall them.

Software isn't my strongest point, but I know what I want this to do.... and eventually I'll make it work.  Once that's done then I'll interface it with a Behmor... really

If it is this decade. Id like to test it.

[milowebailey]

Will someone refresh my lazy memory -- what's the basic infrastructure? Arduino?

yes, and I worked with Jim Galt who built a shield for me that has I2c, Jeelabs and a hottop interface, as well as 4 thermocouple interfaces... so all you have to do is assemble it and load the code.  Connects to your existing hottop ribbon cable and replaces the factory controller.

[Tex]

Will someone refresh my lazy memory -- what's the basic infrastructure? Arduino?

Wasn't it originally tried on an Abacus, with EBCDIC coding? IIRC, Moses was about 14 when milo first discussed this.

[rasqual]

I think a more ambitious project needs to be undertaken -- an actual middleware product that'll establish standards for connectivity to roasters and controllers, allowing arbitrary pairing of unrelated controllers (DIY or commercial) and roasters (DIY or commercial).

I'm actually serious. Imagine a market where roaster designers didn't have to worry about controller design, and controller designers didn't have to worry about roaster design. Yes, there's a sense in which each needs to worry about the other, but from a standpoint of product design, as long as you stay withing parameters you could be agnostic with respect to the other part.

Dead. Serious. Instead of a 1:1 relationship between controllers and devices, there'd be a many:many possibility space within which the state of the art could evolve.

Who is with me!? We march at dawn!

[rgrosz78]

Software isn't my strongest point, but I know what I want this to do.... and eventually I'll make it work.  Once that's done then I'll interface it with a Behmor... really

ALL the Behmor users are dying to have more control of the roast - that is why I jumped to the Hottop. I know the Behmor isn't your primary market, but I don't know of any competitors (such as the homeroasters / Jim Galt controller for the Hottop).

[rgrosz78]

Chris, I have the "control board" with thermocouples for my Behmor. It does is show me the temperature inside the Behmor - but not the bean temperature. I think most Behmor users would like a way to control the fan and the heat during the roast - this is why I got the Hottop.

[milowebailey]

I hacked into my Behmor a few years ago... I need to dig out my notes and then build an interface board or adapt the hottop board to the Behmor.  Not difficult to do.