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- February 6th, 2011, 8:57 pm
- Forum: RoastGeek Site Info and News
- Topic: Welcome to RoastGeek.com.
- Replies: 1
- Views: 52650
Re: Welcome to RoastGeek.com.
Also FYI... everyone needs to register to comment/post new messages. Your messages will not appear (due to the plague of forum spammers out there) until they've been reviewed. If you're posting on topic etc then I'll approve the message as soon as I notice it and mark your account as registered so y...
- February 6th, 2011, 8:31 pm
- Forum: DIY Projects
- Topic: Fresh Roast SR500 Coffee Roaster Computer
- Replies: 20
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Re: Fresh Roast SR500 Coffee Roaster Computer
I'm pretty happy with my SR500 and intend to use it as my primary home roaster when I'm done but I'm thinking about trying to build a couple bigger ones on my own for 1-5 lbs. I have an older Fresh Roast Plus 8 around that I'll probably wire into directly first when I start the control phase of thin...
- July 15th, 2010, 8:20 pm
- Forum: RoastGeek Site Info and News
- Topic: Welcome to RoastGeek.com.
- Replies: 1
- Views: 52650
Welcome to RoastGeek.com.
This site was created originally as a blog for my efforts at creating a coffee roasting computer. After several blogs I've added the forums to allow people to create topics and discuss things that would not typically be easy to do in a blog. For now the blog will continue to remain on the site as th...
- July 15th, 2010, 4:23 pm
- Forum: DIY Projects
- Topic: Fresh Roast SR500 Coffee Roaster Computer
- Replies: 20
- Views: 243370
Re: Fresh Roast SR500 Coffee Roaster Computer
At first I started off with a Parallax Basic Stamp. Many people have used the Basic Stamp as a platform for their coffee roaster. I started off programming it to control temperature by flipping on and off various relays. Next I interfaced a 20x4 LCD to monitor the temperature coming from the thermoc...
- July 15th, 2010, 4:21 pm
- Forum: DIY Projects
- Topic: Fresh Roast SR500 Coffee Roaster Computer
- Replies: 20
- Views: 243370
Fresh Roast SR500 Coffee Roaster Computer
I've been messing around with a Fresh Roast Coffee Roaster for many months now. I've noticed the lack of ability to control the roaster very accurately starting with the Fresh Roast Plus 8. Recently I got a SR500 and while it has more controls it has many limits still. As a result I began working on...