These experiments involve the addition of a “RAMPS 1.4” board.  I realized that for a lot of this stuff, making my own board was silly.  For less that I could make some very basic stuff I can buy a board…

This isn’t a post that lends itself well to pictures. A lot of what the BeerMKR does during the brewing process is to just hold a temperature. My concept for replacing the board on the BeerMKR is to use Open…

Thermoelectric Assembly connector: JST VL Series Board Power Connector Hirose DF63 Series Heater Connectors (2 top 1 bottom) JST VH Series Pressure Sensor, Button light assembly  JST XH series (2.5 mm) Temperature Sensor and TEC fan JST PH Series (2.0…

My BeerMKR isn’t brewing well and I’ve been investigating to find out why. I had recently replaced the Thermoelectric chip on the unit and that part seemed to be working well. The mash cycle seemed to take longer and I…