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Welcome to GravityMon's documentation!
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.. note::
This documentation reflects **v1.0**. Last updated 2022-05-15
* Docs for: `v0.8 <https://mp-se.github.io/gravitymon/v0.8/index.html>`_
* Docs for: `v0.9 <https://mp-se.github.io/gravitymon/v0.9/index.html>`_
.. image:: images/gravitymon.gif
:width: 800
:alt: User Inteface Walkthrough
GravityMon is used to measure gravity and temperature during fermentation of beer and report the progress. The graph below is
an example on how the fermentation process can be tracked. This is from my last brew that was over on a few days. The graph is rendered using
Fermentrack.
.. image:: images/fermentation.png
:width: 500
:alt: Example fermentation
GravityMon is a replacement firmware for the iSpindle and uses the same hardware configuration and is 100% compatible. It
implements a lot of the features that has been requested in the orginal iSpindle project but has been rejected for
various reasons. Here is a list of :ref:`main_features`.
From v0.9 the firmware now supports a iSpindle build based on an ESP32 d1 mini (pin compatible with esp8266). See :ref:`hardware`.
I started GravityMon because I like to create software and wanted to do some low level programming. I had done a few
projects based on esp8266 and also started to brew beer so this combination was quite natural.
The hardware design comes from the fantastic iSpindle project so that is not covered in this documentation. For more
information on this topic and function please visit `iSpindel Homepage <https://www.ispindel.de>`_ .
My approach to this software is a little different from that the original iSpindle firmware. The github repository
can be found here; `GravityMon on Github <https://github.com/mp-se/gravitymon>`_
.. note::
I dont take responsibility for any errors or issues caused by the software. The software is provided as-is. I will however
try my best to fix issues that might occur.
I have tested this software over the last year on 20+ brews with good results.
.. _main_features:
Main features:
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* Operates in two modes gravity monitoring and configuration mode (simplify calibration). Gravity mode
is comparable to how the iSpindle works.
* Modern web based UI when in configuration mode. No need to start the access point changing settings.
* REST API to enable scripted configuration
* Send data to multiple endpoints and services at once
* Setup guides for how to send data to many popular services. Currently 8+ are documented.
* Automatic temperature adjustment of gravity reading
* OTA support from webserver
* Built in function to create gravity formulas, no need for additional software, just enter tilt/gravity and
let GravityMon create the formula.
* Visual graph showing how formula will be interpreted based on entered values
* Using the temperature sensor in gyro instead of DS18B20 (faster)
* SSL support in standard HTTP and MQTT connections.
* Option to customize data posted to endpoints using template from the UI.
* Built in performance measurements (used to optimise code)
For a complete breakdown see the :ref:`functionallity`
This is a simple overview of the different components that the software contains. The green ones are only active during `configuration mode` in
order to save battery.
.. image:: images/software_design.png
:width: 600
:alt: Software design
Credits to
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Ideas to some of these functions have been picked up from disucssions in the iSpindle forums. This software uses
the following libraries and without these this would have been much more difficult to acheive:
* https://github.com/jrowberg/i2cdevlib
This library contains the basic code to interact with the gyro + many more chips.
* https://github.com/codeplea/tinyexpr
Proccess the gravity formula and calculate the gravity and various corrections.
* https://github.com/graphitemaster/incbin
Include binary files into the code, used to service html files.
* https://github.com/khoih-prog/ESP_DoubleResetDetector
Can detect if the reset button is pressed twice, is used to enter WIFI config mode.
* https://github.com/khoih-prog/ESP_WiFiManager
Configure wifi settings.
* https://github.com/thijse/Arduino-Log
Logging library for handling different loglevels and configure what sent over the serial.
* https://github.com/bblanchon/ArduinoJson
Json parser/creator used in configuration files and API's
* https://github.com/PaulStoffregen/OneWire
Communication library used for interacting with temperature sensor.
* https://github.com/milesburton/Arduino-Temperature-Control-Library
Interaction with the DS18B20 sensor
* https://github.com/Rotario/arduinoCurveFitting
Create the gravity formula.
* https://github.com/256dpi/arduino-mqtt
Library for sending data to mqtt based on lightweight mqtt implemenentation.
* https://graphjs.com/
Render the graphs in the UI.
* https://getbootstrap.com/
CSS templates for the web page.
* https://github.com/lorol/LITTLEFS
LittleFS library for ESP32 framework 1.x
* https://github.com/h2zero/NimBLE-Arduino
Bluetooth library for ESP32 framework 1.x
* https://github.com/spouliot/tilt-sim
Excellent project for simulating a tilt device.
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 2
:caption: Contents:
intro
releases
functionallity
installation
configuration
troubleshooting
q_and_a
formula
services
advanced
api
data
compiling
contributing
hardware
license
Indices and tables
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* :ref:`genindex`
* :ref:`modindex`
* :ref:`search`