WildIsland.Beer CBPI board

The home of the wildisland.beer craftbeerpi raspberry pi based brewery software expansion board.

Blog and progress notes,  where I keep you updated on this project’s progress

June 23, 2025

Boards from the first batch are being assembled and some have shipped.  I’m doing small batches to get some into the field  so I can include any errata in a new batch.

June 11, 2025

Board pricing is $125.00 Australian.  I’ll be using Wise Multicurrency bank and will be able to accept transfers from most jurisdictions.  If you also have a Wise account then you can transfer direct using your Wise @ ID.

May 27, 2025

Test suite (rough right now!) reads the RTDs, enumerates and reads the 1Wire sensors, displays the clock, demonstrates SSR1 priority over SSR2, cycles through all four SSR outputs and all four onboard relays.

May 17, 2025

All tests are complete and passed.  Test suite dev is next.

May 15, 2025

RTD sensor boards (4x) and the ADS1115 four channel ADC board have been plugged up and tested.  All working as designed.  The kettle priority tested and working, if you jumper this on then the kettle on SSR1 takes priority over SSR2, preventing AC overload for smaller power systems.

May 12, 2025

Pi4 mounted and no magic smoke.  The onboard DS1B20 temp sensor is detected and operational on the 1 wire interface.  The DS3231 onboard clock  is operational - it uses a CR1220/25 battery by the way.  The four SSR outputs are operational driven from the Pi GPIO.  The four onboard relays are operational driven from the Pi GPIO.

May 10, 2025. 

Boards V1.0 have arrived and test assembly has started.  All static tests have passed - power distribution, relay operation, SSR drivers, associated indicators.  Mounting a Pi4 is next to test the sensors and other inputs.