Auto hopper

[AgentO3]

Discuss plans for an automated hopping system... go!

Features

• Automatically add hops or other additives to the boil at a defined schedule.
• Should allow for up to 10 scheduled events.

[codelitt]

Cool as far as automation goes, but is it worth pointing out that automatic hopping is very rare even at craft and microbrewery levels? Ingredient additions are usually manual, but the processes are automated if that makes sense. (i.e. You manually add the grains, but the mash steps are automated)

I'm all for the challenge. Maybe we could start thinking about how to categorize stuff in levels of automation - i.e. Homebrewer, Nanobrewer, Microbrewer, Craftbrewer, Largebrewer.

[AgentO3]

One of the goals of this system is constancy and reproducibility which is why I think it's a good feature to have.

One thought I have kicking around my head is to break the system down into decoupled components. Individually they work alone, but combine them together they work as a system.