@crankycowboy, welcome to the Kegbot Forum.
I’m also able to help in any way possible. Checkout my thread Kegberry/Kegbot New Installation for a lot of information on how to get started if you go the Raspberry Pi route.
A couple of very high-level comments:
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The original architecture of Kegbot consists of:
- Android Tablet - this runs the Kegbot Android application
- One or More Kegboards - These connect via USB to the tablet, and connect via jumper wires to the sensors like flow meters, temperature sensors, RFID readers, locking solenoids etc. These boards were originally sold by Kegbot but are no longer generally available. They were really just specialized Arduino boards so any standard Arduino (Uno, Nano, Mega) is a perfect replacement
- Kegbot Server - This is optional but really completes the system. It’s designed to run on a Linux platform but probably could work on anything that can run Python. It hosts a MySQL Server to store the pour data as well as a web interface to manage pours/users/kegs etc.
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Kegberry is the same Kegbot Server you would install on a Linux box, but packaged for the Raspberry Pi. One thing that it includes is software called PyCore. This allows the Raspberry Pi to communicate directly with the Kegboards instead of having them connected to the Tablet
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The Kegbot App appears to have disappeared from the Google Play store probably because it hasn’t been updated in years. Myself or @angrypirate may be able to help with that if you like.
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I have actually gone away from the Android App and am running my Kegbot directly from the Kegbot Server Web Interface where I’ve made a lot of enhancements.
Really check out that Kegberry/Kegbot New Installation thread, if you follow through that it should get you pretty close to exactly what you’re looking to accomplish.