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⚖️ Scales for brewing coffee ☕

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coffee-scales

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Kitchen scales, built for drip coffee brewing:

  • 0.1 gram precision
  • Very quick response
  • Very quick tare
  • Auto-starting brew timer
  • Auto-off after 5 minutes

Current prototype looks something like this:

A breadboard prototype in action

Build

To build and upload the code:

  1. Install PlatformIO Core and shell commands
  2. pio run -t upload

Log data

Run

pio run -e logging -t upload && pio device monitor --quiet | tee logs/log.csv

This will log to your screen and to a file logs/log.csv 🪵

Hardware

  • Adafruit Feather 328P
  • Load cell: 1 kg straight bar
  • HX711 load cell amplifier
  • Two 4-digit 7-segment displays with TM1637 drivers
  • LiPo battery (1200 mAh)
  • Push button for taring

Connection diagram