Lgbeno 189 Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 Just a fun side project, I recently pressed some apples into cider and now I'm fermenting it into hard cider. In the process I added a magnet and Hall effect sensor to the airlock to track the CO2 output of the fermentation process. I was surprised with the results so far. Here's a bad picture: And the data: http://imp.guru/f2c roadrunner84, Automate, tripwire and 1 other 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fred 453 Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 Nice. Will you be selling any cider in the 43oh store? roadrunner84, bluehash and tripwire 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lgbeno 189 Posted October 29, 2014 Author Share Posted October 29, 2014 Haha great idea but I'm keeping it all for myself [emoji1] Here's a video: https://vimeo.com/110354714 I am going to make a little kit on Tindie though with the sensor and LED then write a tutorial about it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
zeke 693 Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 @Lgbeno: I've been wondering about the home brewing process. In your experience, could it benefit from electronic monitoring? I ask because I am trying to see if anyone would want to make use of my One Wire Master booster board to watch their brewing equipment. What do you think? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rockets4kids 204 Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 Homebrew monitoring is *huge*, people have been doing it for over a decade now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lgbeno 189 Posted October 30, 2014 Author Share Posted October 30, 2014 @@zeke I think that there is a market for it. I'm somewhat atypical in that I'm a nerd and home brew very infrequently so my opinion isn't the greatest. I did this more out of curiosity than to actually control some aspect of the brewing process. For me personally temperature would be the same category, I would definitely do it though! There was a kickstarter called the "beer bug," they raised $59k selling a ~$150 solution (but it monitors more than temp) that tells me there is some genuine interest. I think that it really comes down to simplifying the hardware & software so even non-tech savy people use it. I don't even thing that the beer bug is there yet on ease of use. zeke 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
roadrunner84 466 Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 I was surprised with the results so far. And the data: http://imp.guru/f2c So, what happened yesterday at 20.30? Bubbles stopped for half an hour or so. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lgbeno 189 Posted October 30, 2014 Author Share Posted October 30, 2014 For the first glitch I hd to slightly re position the sensor, I this that is what happened the second time too. I ordered some part to try to perfect this positioning. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dhewgill 0 Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Homebrew monitoring is *huge*, people have been doing it for over a decade now. Absolutely, check these forums out [just as a start]: http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f51/ http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f170/ http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f235/ This is where I get a bunch of inspiration for future projects for my home brewery. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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