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For an all in one unit, can you go past a Grainfather controller?

I'm looking for something that will heat up my HLT and be able to do step mashes plus all the other things that it can do = bonus.

So for $200 is a GF Contoller the way to go, or can one do better building their own?
 
Auber PIDs' can do step mashing . It may be cheaper but that depends on how much you want to tinker.

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I like to tinker, but which the is most cost effective (outlay) ?.

Plus the GF unit has a fancy App w/ wireless connectivity and a screen which tells me exactly what to do.

I guess I'm just trying to weigh up the different options.
 
Have a look at the brauduino that's another option .
 
I haven't looked at exactly what the GF controller has, but if it has Wifi connectivity and can do step mashes with pump control then that's pretty good for $200.

An Auber PID controller with ramp functions alone is about $120 I think which includes shipping. Still need an RTD on top of this ($30-40), SSR ($20-50), and box, connectors, switches, etc. will not be less than $50 extra on top of this.

An Arduino/Brauduino is probably significantly cheaper than the Auber. For my Arduino controller I got to about $150-170 which included a box, all connectors, glands, temperature probes, relays etc. You need to be comfortable with programming, but not at a level where you write entire routines from scratch. Not sure what the Brauduino costs.
 
Brauduino (matho's controller Ardbir) would only be significantly cheaper if you were to build it from scratch, The next board in that line up has wifi and all the bells ( i haven't done final costings for the board) I'm in final development (link to thread) stages however you could box it up with all the bits and bobs for probably $200. Check the first post and you'll see what features it has.

ED: I should make it clear, BrewmaniacEX won't be released for a few months, after initial testing and V2 board has been ordered and tested.
 
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