Timberline850
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I'm guessing some of you have heard about PiFire and have seen it do what WiFire does but for older traegers.
It's a wifi capable Raspberry Pi Zero based controller board + LCD replacement for pellet grills. Or you can run both stock and PiFire controllers with a selector switch to toggle between the two. This is like Fireboard except it controls your auger, fan, heat and temp sensors. The problem with newer grills however is that a lot of parts are DC and a stepper driver for the auger is needed. Plus a PCB board with the appropriate connectors hasn't been created yet. The PiFire community is small, but alive. I'm hoping that we could collect as much info here to possibly make an easier roadway to someday get our smokers added.
I'll post stuff needed even if it's just me doing it.
Stuff that is needed. The auger. What kind of (2-phase?) DC motor is it? Voltage, amperage, RPM, pinout, What size JST connector at auger end and controller board end.
The same info for the fan, heating rod, thermocouple and meat probe mono jack. I'm sure most of you are still under the 3 year warranty and don't want to mess with your machines. I can collect most of this info tomorrow, just typing this out as a way of forced accountability and maybe there's an electrical engineer out there who's warranty is almost up who reads this and can help.
I'd rather not remove the housing on my auger. But perhaps there's some markings under it. Or even better, maybe someone out there has a broken one laying around or already knows what it is.
It's a wifi capable Raspberry Pi Zero based controller board + LCD replacement for pellet grills. Or you can run both stock and PiFire controllers with a selector switch to toggle between the two. This is like Fireboard except it controls your auger, fan, heat and temp sensors. The problem with newer grills however is that a lot of parts are DC and a stepper driver for the auger is needed. Plus a PCB board with the appropriate connectors hasn't been created yet. The PiFire community is small, but alive. I'm hoping that we could collect as much info here to possibly make an easier roadway to someday get our smokers added.
I'll post stuff needed even if it's just me doing it.
Stuff that is needed. The auger. What kind of (2-phase?) DC motor is it? Voltage, amperage, RPM, pinout, What size JST connector at auger end and controller board end.
The same info for the fan, heating rod, thermocouple and meat probe mono jack. I'm sure most of you are still under the 3 year warranty and don't want to mess with your machines. I can collect most of this info tomorrow, just typing this out as a way of forced accountability and maybe there's an electrical engineer out there who's warranty is almost up who reads this and can help.
I'd rather not remove the housing on my auger. But perhaps there's some markings under it. Or even better, maybe someone out there has a broken one laying around or already knows what it is.
