DIY inline refractometer

[chris2012]

Just been working on this little project recently - https://www.anfractuosity.com/projects/ ... actometer/

I'm going to post a video of a test I just did of the refractometer output as the water was heated from 17C to a bit before 70C (before the Pi crashed, due to being too close to the refractometer I think, doh!)

The idea being I'm going to convert the image from the refractometer to a digital brix, so that I can see if the brix drops below 1.010SG during sparging.

I'm trying to at the moment generate a calibration curve for water up to 70C.

I'm going to redesign it too, using SS fittings, to mitigate some slight leaks heh.

[chris2012]

[Mjr6313]

It's a great idea I'm really impressed. I can see real world applications for commercial brewery as well for consistant brews.
Please keep me updated what equipment did you use.

[chris2012]

Hey, you can get proper inline refractometers, it's just they're really expensive as far as I'm aware, around 8k USD from what I read recently.

I'm just waiting for some triclamp fittings from China, to make a better version that hopefully doesn't have the uneven light distribution you can see in the video, which caused me problems when trying to process the images.

[Mjr6313]

8Kusd vs £100+ not including your valuable time and skill what would a start up brewery be able to afford.
Oh and I looked through the code on git hub its so simple and python is not my best.