Roasting notes, software releases and news from the artisan team.https://artisan.tools/enhttps://artisan.tools/blog/our-biggest-update-ever/https://artisan.tools/blog/our-biggest-update-ever/The biggest update in artisan's history: a redesigned Roaster Scope, a rebuilt platform, and a brand new website, shop, and documentation.Mon, 09 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTreleasesartisanartisan5https://artisan.tools/blog/artisan-v5-0/https://artisan.tools/blog/artisan-v5-0/Artisan v5 brings a new dashboard, a refreshed interface and themes, machine support for Dutch Master Roasters and the FreshRoast SR900, and a move to AGPLv3.Thu, 05 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTreleasesartisanartisan.toolshttps://artisan.tools/blog/artisan-v4-2/https://artisan.tools/blog/artisan-v4-2/New ReleaseTue, 30 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTreleasesartisanartisan.plushttps://artisan.tools/blog/roastguard/https://artisan.tools/blog/roastguard/Quality assesmentFri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTfeaturesartisan.plushttps://artisan.tools/blog/woc-brussels/https://artisan.tools/blog/woc-brussels/WoC BrusselsThu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTeventsartisanartisan.pluscosmowochttps://artisan.tools/blog/woc-sandiego/https://artisan.tools/blog/woc-sandiego/WoC San DiegoFri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTeventsartisanartisan.pluswochttps://artisan.tools/blog/2026-01-27-artisan-4/https://artisan.tools/blog/2026-01-27-artisan-4/The start of a new Artisan generation: upgraded infrastructure, UI modes, a two-degree-of-freedom PID and new hardware support.Tue, 27 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTreleasesartisanartisan.plushttps://artisan.tools/blog/2025-11-02-between-batch-protocol-statistics/https://artisan.tools/blog/2025-11-02-between-batch-protocol-statistics/Managing a coffee roasting machine's thermal energy to insure every roast batch begins with the same thermal state is key to achieving consistency and…Sun, 02 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMTfeaturesartisanalarmsartisan.plusenergyhttps://artisan.tools/blog/2025-10-31-artisan-v34/https://artisan.tools/blog/2025-10-31-artisan-v34/Hardware support for Kraffe, Berto, Nordic, Prisma and more, roast scheduling changes, Cropster profile import, fermentation recordings and an industrial PID.Fri, 31 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMTreleasesartisanartisan.plushttps://artisan.tools/blog/2025-10-31-button-layouts-and-hidden-buttons/https://artisan.tools/blog/2025-10-31-button-layouts-and-hidden-buttons/Configurable event buttons have been a feature of Artisan since version 0.5.0 way back in 2011. Button configurations defined in 2011 still work in the…Fri, 31 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMTfeaturesartisanalarmshttps://artisan.tools/blog/woc-geneva/https://artisan.tools/blog/woc-geneva/WoC GenevaThu, 26 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMTeventsartisanartisan.pluswochttps://artisan.tools/blog/artisan-v3-2/https://artisan.tools/blog/artisan-v3-2/New ReleaseMon, 23 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMTreleasesartisanacaiahttps://artisan.tools/blog/2025-04-30-artisan-v312/https://artisan.tools/blog/2025-04-30-artisan-v312/Roast defects, extended event replay, energy meters and new machine support, more than the minor release it was planned to be.Wed, 30 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMTreleasesartisanhttps://artisan.tools/blog/2025-04-30-using-an-energy-meter-to-measure-roast-machine-energy-consumption-with-artisan/https://artisan.tools/blog/2025-04-30-using-an-energy-meter-to-measure-roast-machine-energy-consumption-with-artisan/Artisan version 3.1.2 allows connecting energy meters to log precise measurements of energy consumption. Artisan can connect to one or two meters…Wed, 30 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMTfeaturesartisanenergymodbusco2https://artisan.tools/blog/github-30kdownloads/https://artisan.tools/blog/github-30kdownloads/v3.1 downloaded 30k timesTue, 29 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMTnewsartisangithubhttps://artisan.tools/blog/expo-houston/https://artisan.tools/blog/expo-houston/SCA Expo HoustonFri, 25 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMTeventsartisanexpohttps://artisan.tools/blog/github-stars/https://artisan.tools/blog/github-stars/1k stars reached on GitHubMon, 24 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMTnewsartisangithubhttps://artisan.tools/blog/plus-tutorials/https://artisan.tools/blog/plus-tutorials/artisan.plus Video TutorialsFri, 07 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMTfeaturesartisan.plushttps://artisan.tools/blog/balzac/https://artisan.tools/blog/balzac/New PartnerFri, 10 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMTpartnershipsartisan.pluspartnerBalzachttps://artisan.tools/blog/2024-11-22-artisan-v31/https://artisan.tools/blog/2024-11-22-artisan-v31/Renewed Bluetooth and MODBUS infrastructure, plus additional device and machine support.Fri, 22 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMTreleasesartisanhttps://artisan.tools/blog/algrano/https://artisan.tools/blog/algrano/New PartnerMon, 18 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMTpartnershipsartisan.pluspartneralgranohttps://artisan.tools/blog/colombia/https://artisan.tools/blog/colombia/Campeonato de tostadoresWed, 02 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMTeventsartisanexpoprismahttps://artisan.tools/blog/2024-08-01-artisan-v300/https://artisan.tools/blog/2024-08-01-artisan-v300/Adds roast scheduling support and advanced summary statistics.Thu, 01 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMTreleasesartisanhttps://artisan.tools/blog/woc-copenhagen/https://artisan.tools/blog/woc-copenhagen/WoC CopenhagenThu, 27 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMTeventsartisanartisan.pluswochttps://artisan.tools/blog/bookofroast2/https://artisan.tools/blog/bookofroast2/@SCA Expo, ChicagoTue, 02 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMTnewsnormroastroast magazinehttps://artisan.tools/blog/2024-02-29-artisan-v2102/https://artisan.tools/blog/2024-02-29-artisan-v2102/Adds support for all Mill City Roaster machines, the IKAWA PRO 100 X and the Aillio Bullet R1, with further AutoCHARGE and AutoDROP improvements.Thu, 29 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMTreleasesartisanhttps://artisan.tools/blog/pgc-partner/https://artisan.tools/blog/pgc-partner/New PartnerThu, 14 Dec 2023 00:00:00 GMTpartnershipsartisan.pluspartnerhttps://artisan.tools/blog/2023-11-28-artisan-v2100/https://artisan.tools/blog/2023-11-28-artisan-v2100/Runs native on Apple Silicon and adds support for Bühler and Joper machines, extra device curves, new fonts and improved AutoCHARGE and AutoDROP.Tue, 28 Nov 2023 00:00:00 GMTreleasesartisanhttps://artisan.tools/blog/2023-06-21-artisan-v284/https://artisan.tools/blog/2023-06-21-artisan-v284/Adds custom event buttons, event marks on ET and Windows/Linux dark mode, staying compatible with previous versions.Wed, 21 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMTreleasesartisanhttps://artisan.tools/blog/2023-06-21-buttons-appearance-state-and-action/https://artisan.tools/blog/2023-06-21-buttons-appearance-state-and-action/A custom button in Artisan is specified by a name, an event type and value, an action as well as button and text colors (see Events, Buttons Palettes)…Wed, 21 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMTfeaturesartisanmodbushttps://artisan.tools/blog/expo-portland/https://artisan.tools/blog/expo-portland/SCA Expo PortlandFri, 21 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMTeventsartisanexpohttps://artisan.tools/blog/understanding-roast-color/https://artisan.tools/blog/understanding-roast-color/Our observations from more than 1000 roast color measurements taken with Tonino and Lighttells CM100+ meters.Sun, 05 Mar 2023 00:00:00 GMTfeaturestoninohttps://artisan.tools/blog/2022-12-22-artisan-v282/https://artisan.tools/blog/2022-12-22-artisan-v282/A maintenance release fixing regressions found in v2.8.0, with some love for the Designer.Thu, 22 Dec 2022 00:00:00 GMTreleasesartisanhttps://artisan.tools/blog/2022-10-21-artisan-v280/https://artisan.tools/blog/2022-10-21-artisan-v280/Adds Between Batch Protocol support and a phases widget to the Comparator, focused on repeatability and consistency.Fri, 21 Oct 2022 00:00:00 GMTreleasesartisanhttps://artisan.tools/blog/royal-coffee-webinar-2/https://artisan.tools/blog/royal-coffee-webinar-2/Webinar: Analyzer & ComparatorThu, 06 Oct 2022 00:00:00 GMTeventsartisanhttps://artisan.tools/blog/woc-milan/https://artisan.tools/blog/woc-milan/WoC MilanThu, 23 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMTeventsartisanartisan.plustoninocolinowilewochttps://artisan.tools/blog/rjavitukan-partner/https://artisan.tools/blog/rjavitukan-partner/New PartnerSun, 01 May 2022 00:00:00 GMTpartnershipsartisan.pluspartnerhttps://artisan.tools/blog/reminders/https://artisan.tools/blog/reminders/New FeatureWed, 13 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMTfeaturesartisanartisan.plushttps://artisan.tools/blog/ror-13/https://artisan.tools/blog/ror-13/PodcastThu, 31 Mar 2022 00:00:00 GMTnewsnormroasthttps://artisan.tools/blog/kaffeepod/https://artisan.tools/blog/kaffeepod/PodcastFri, 18 Mar 2022 00:00:00 GMTnewsartisanartisan.plusnormroasttoninohttps://artisan.tools/blog/probat-pop-up/https://artisan.tools/blog/probat-pop-up/Live on YouTubeThu, 17 Mar 2022 00:00:00 GMTeventsnormroastprobathttps://artisan.tools/blog/2022-03-11-artisan-v260/https://artisan.tools/blog/2022-03-11-artisan-v260/Performance and stability improvements, with refreshed macOS and Windows legacy builds.Fri, 11 Mar 2022 00:00:00 GMTreleasesartisanhttps://artisan.tools/blog/royal-coffee-webinar/https://artisan.tools/blog/royal-coffee-webinar/Webinar: Navigating ArtisanFri, 11 Mar 2022 00:00:00 GMTeventsartisanroyal coffeehttps://artisan.tools/blog/bean-partner/https://artisan.tools/blog/bean-partner/New PartnerThu, 10 Mar 2022 00:00:00 GMTpartnershipsartisan.pluspartnerhttps://artisan.tools/blog/hacea-partner/https://artisan.tools/blog/hacea-partner/New PartnerThu, 10 Mar 2022 00:00:00 GMTpartnershipsartisan.pluspartnerhttps://artisan.tools/blog/2022-02-28-navigating-artisan/https://artisan.tools/blog/2022-02-28-navigating-artisan/We’ve got invited by Royal Coffee to hold an online workshop on Artisan. In this webinar Dave will show you how to access the wealth of information…Mon, 28 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMTfeaturesartisanhttps://artisan.tools/blog/norm-roast-in-roast/https://artisan.tools/blog/norm-roast-in-roast/Feature in ROASTTue, 22 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMTnewsnormroasthttps://artisan.tools/blog/partnership-acaia/https://artisan.tools/blog/partnership-acaia/Partnership with AcaiaWed, 15 Dec 2021 00:00:00 GMTpartnershipsartisan.plusartisanpartneracaiahttps://artisan.tools/blog/supplier-partners/https://artisan.tools/blog/supplier-partners/Coupons & data importFri, 10 Dec 2021 00:00:00 GMTpartnershipsartisan.pluspartnerhttps://artisan.tools/blog/price-drop/https://artisan.tools/blog/price-drop/Now only 49.- EUR / yearWed, 01 Dec 2021 00:00:00 GMTnewsartisan.plushttps://artisan.tools/blog/2021-10-01-probe-arrays/https://artisan.tools/blog/2021-10-01-probe-arrays/There are a number of reasons why using an array of probes to measure temperatures inside a roasting machine, instead of using single probes, seems to be a…Fri, 01 Oct 2021 00:00:00 GMTfeaturesartisanphidgetshttps://artisan.tools/blog/2021-09-21-10-degrees-above-fcs/https://artisan.tools/blog/2021-09-21-10-degrees-above-fcs/Michael just asked me to extend the alarm system of Artisan to allow him to add an alarm that would speak to him once his bean temperature increased by 10…Tue, 21 Sep 2021 00:00:00 GMTfeaturesartisanalarmshttps://artisan.tools/blog/2021-07-29-artisan-v246/https://artisan.tools/blog/2021-07-29-artisan-v246/Adds structures to calculate energy consumption and CO₂ production per roast, plus new machine and device setups.Thu, 29 Jul 2021 00:00:00 GMTreleasesartisanhttps://artisan.tools/blog/2021-07-29-tracking-energy-consumption-co2-production-in-coffee-roasting/https://artisan.tools/blog/2021-07-29-tracking-energy-consumption-co2-production-in-coffee-roasting/Artisan v2.4.6 introduces a new capability to estimate the energy consumption and CO2 emission for every batch roasted with Artisan. This first-of-the-kind…Thu, 29 Jul 2021 00:00:00 GMTfeaturesartisanenergyco2pidhttps://artisan.tools/blog/phidgets-q-a/https://artisan.tools/blog/phidgets-q-a/Q & AMon, 12 Jul 2021 00:00:00 GMTeventsartisanphidgetshttps://artisan.tools/blog/2020-12-14-artisan-v244/https://artisan.tools/blog/2020-12-14-artisan-v244/This version improves some established automation features to better support the control of preheat and between batches protocols.Mon, 14 Dec 2020 00:00:00 GMTreleasesartisanpidalarmsartisan.plushttps://artisan.tools/blog/2020-12-14-supporting-between-batch-protocols/https://artisan.tools/blog/2020-12-14-supporting-between-batch-protocols/Here is our response to Scott Rao's call out to makers of roasting software to offer structures supporting the tracing and managing of BBPs (Between Batch…Mon, 14 Dec 2020 00:00:00 GMTfeaturesartisanalarmspidenergyhttps://artisan.tools/blog/2020-12-10-blend-replacements/https://artisan.tools/blog/2020-12-10-blend-replacements/It happens that you run out of certain green beans. Often those beans can just be replaced by another one. However, if those beans play a part in one of…Thu, 10 Dec 2020 00:00:00 GMTfeaturesartisanartisan.plushttps://artisan.tools/blog/2020-10-02-artisan-v242/https://artisan.tools/blog/2020-10-02-artisan-v242/The focus of this release is on extending the one-click configurations to many more machines.Fri, 02 Oct 2020 00:00:00 GMTreleasesartisanartisan.plusmodbusprobathttps://artisan.tools/blog/2020-06-26-how-to-create-the-perfect-background-curve/https://artisan.tools/blog/2020-06-26-how-to-create-the-perfect-background-curve/A background curve can act like a set of rails to ride while roasting. Roast masters often use a successful past roast as a reference in the background to…Fri, 26 Jun 2020 00:00:00 GMTfeaturesartisandesignerhttps://artisan.tools/blog/2020-06-03-artisan-v24/https://artisan.tools/blog/2020-06-03-artisan-v24/We are proud to present the results of our work of the past months. This release takes Artisan quite a bit further by introducing a number of new roasting…Wed, 03 Jun 2020 00:00:00 GMTreleasesartisanphidgetsartisan.plusmodbushttps://artisan.tools/blog/2020-06-03-working-together-artisan-artisanviewer-and-artisanplus/https://artisan.tools/blog/2020-06-03-working-together-artisan-artisanviewer-and-artisanplus/The Artisan family of applications and services can work together to enhance the roast master's productivity. This article will describe the many ways these…Wed, 03 Jun 2020 00:00:00 GMTfeaturesartisanartisan.plusdesignerhttps://artisan.tools/blog/2020-05-31-special-events-annotations/https://artisan.tools/blog/2020-05-31-special-events-annotations/A common question asked when analyzing a completed roast profile is "what was the time and bean temperature when that gas change was made?" To help answer…Sun, 31 May 2020 00:00:00 GMTfeaturesartisanhttps://artisan.tools/blog/2020-05-30-autosave-file-naming/https://artisan.tools/blog/2020-05-30-autosave-file-naming/Artisan v2.4 introduces a powerful new capability to create custom data driven file names.Sat, 30 May 2020 00:00:00 GMTfeaturesartisanhttps://artisan.tools/blog/2020-05-28-roast-simulator/https://artisan.tools/blog/2020-05-28-roast-simulator/The Roast Simulator allows to replay a previously recorded roast session. It allows to play with events, alarms, and other settings without wasting coffee.Thu, 28 May 2020 00:00:00 GMTfeaturesartisanalarmsartisan.plushttps://artisan.tools/blog/2020-05-27-profile-transposer/https://artisan.tools/blog/2020-05-27-profile-transposer/The temperatures recorded and logged in profiles during roasts depend on the exact probe placement among other things like airflow. This makes it hard to…Wed, 27 May 2020 00:00:00 GMTfeaturesartisanhottopprobattoninohttps://artisan.tools/blog/2020-05-26-roast-comparator/https://artisan.tools/blog/2020-05-26-roast-comparator/While Artisan always allowed to load a second profile into the background, sometimes you want to compare the shape of more than two profiles. For this we…Tue, 26 May 2020 00:00:00 GMTfeaturesartisanhttps://artisan.tools/blog/2020-05-18-displaying-development-time-ratio-in-artisan/https://artisan.tools/blog/2020-05-18-displaying-development-time-ratio-in-artisan/Recent roast profile analysis has focused on using Development Time Ratio (DTR), rather than time, as being the appropriate measure for making changes in…Mon, 18 May 2020 00:00:00 GMTfeaturesartisanhttps://artisan.tools/blog/2019-11-26-artisan-v21/https://artisan.tools/blog/2019-11-26-artisan-v21/This is the Artisan version we will use to prove Scott Rao wrong (or right). We extended Artisan in various ways to facilitate the application of his…Tue, 26 Nov 2019 00:00:00 GMTreleasesartisanalarmspidartisan.plushttps://artisan.tools/blog/2019-11-24-background-images/https://artisan.tools/blog/2019-11-24-background-images/Artisan v2.1 allows you to show an image in the background of your profiles. This can be any image you choose. It could be a logo, a picture of your roaster…Sun, 24 Nov 2019 00:00:00 GMTfeaturesartisanhttps://artisan.tools/blog/2019-11-24-profile-analyzer/https://artisan.tools/blog/2019-11-24-profile-analyzer/Roasters often want to analyze their roasts to measure consistency, look for aspects of the profile that can be improved, and to create metrics to score the…Sun, 24 Nov 2019 00:00:00 GMTfeaturesartisanhttps://artisan.tools/blog/2019-11-22-symbolic-formulas-basics-new-variables-and-applications/https://artisan.tools/blog/2019-11-22-symbolic-formulas-basics-new-variables-and-applications/Each Artisan input channel can be intercepted by a symbolic formula before its data is forwarded to the corresponding curve. Symbolic formulas allow to…Fri, 22 Nov 2019 00:00:00 GMTfeaturesartisanalarmsphidgetshttps://artisan.tools/blog/2019-06-22-automatic-gas-control/https://artisan.tools/blog/2019-06-22-automatic-gas-control/Elvio (Mestre Cafeeiro, Brasil) is demonstrating how he uses a Phidget RC (see Artisan v1.6.1) to automate the gas control on his Atilla roaster.Sat, 22 Jun 2019 00:00:00 GMTfeaturesartisanphidgetshttps://artisan.tools/blog/2019-06-04-artisan-2/https://artisan.tools/blog/2019-06-04-artisan-2/This version is a major milestone in the development of the artisan roast logger. It comes not only in a new look and with a new application icon, but also…Tue, 04 Jun 2019 00:00:00 GMTreleasesartisanartisan.plusacaiaalarmshttps://artisan.tools/blog/2019-05-28-using-artisan-designer/https://artisan.tools/blog/2019-05-28-using-artisan-designer/An excellent video by Alan demonstrating how he uses the Artisan designer to develop roast profiles.Tue, 28 May 2019 00:00:00 GMTfeaturesartisandesignerhttps://artisan.tools/blog/2019-05-26-how-to-document-sampling/https://artisan.tools/blog/2019-05-26-how-to-document-sampling/Someone just asked how to document the moments she takes samples mid-roast using the tryer?.Sun, 26 May 2019 00:00:00 GMTfeaturesartisanhttps://artisan.tools/blog/2019-05-15-how-close/https://artisan.tools/blog/2019-05-15-how-close/Ever wondered how close you duplicated a previous roast profile? A standard measure in statistics to express the average error between a curve and its…Wed, 15 May 2019 00:00:00 GMTfeaturesartisanhttps://artisan.tools/blog/2019-04-29-weight-volume-density/https://artisan.tools/blog/2019-04-29-weight-volume-density/Knowing the density of your raw beans is key to adjust your roast profile. Knowing the density of roasted beans is important for successful blending…Mon, 29 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMTfeaturesartisanacaiahttps://artisan.tools/blog/2019-04-27-keep-an-eye-on-the-delta/https://artisan.tools/blog/2019-04-27-keep-an-eye-on-the-delta/Once you have developed a profile for a coffee you want to precisely duplicate that one in future roasts. Artisan allows to load this successful profile in…Sat, 27 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMTfeaturesartisanhttps://artisan.tools/blog/2019-03-15-on-idle-noise/https://artisan.tools/blog/2019-03-15-on-idle-noise/This note describes how I improved the measuring system of my roasting machine to get more accurate roast profiles, like the one shown above. I got…Fri, 15 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMTfeaturesartisanphidgetsprobatpidhttps://artisan.tools/blog/2019-03-11-artisan-v161/https://artisan.tools/blog/2019-03-11-artisan-v161/It is our pleasure to announce the release of Artisan v1.6.1. Many issues have been resolved and many suggestions, reported via the Artisan Issue Tracker…Mon, 11 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMTreleasesartisanphidgetsalarmsraspberry pihttps://artisan.tools/blog/2019-02-02-running-artisan-on-raspberry-pi/https://artisan.tools/blog/2019-02-02-running-artisan-on-raspberry-pi/This post describes how to install Artisan packaged releases and Artisan source on the Raspberry Pi. The process has been tested on the RPi 2B, RPi 3B,and…Sat, 02 Feb 2019 00:00:00 GMTfeaturesartisanphidgetsraspberry piartisan.plushttps://artisan.tools/blog/2018-10-03-artisan-v140/https://artisan.tools/blog/2018-10-03-artisan-v140/Here is Artisan v1.4. More than 30 bugs have been fixed w.r.t. v1.3.1 and many suggestions for improvements have been integrated, mostly communicated via…Wed, 03 Oct 2018 00:00:00 GMTreleasesartisanpidalarmshottophttps://artisan.tools/blog/2018-05-25-artisan-woc-2018/https://artisan.tools/blog/2018-05-25-artisan-woc-2018/Thanks to the support of Frans from Kostverorenvaart and Arnoud from the Vintage Espresso Machine workshop I am happy to announce the first Artisan…Fri, 25 May 2018 00:00:00 GMTeventsartisanhttps://artisan.tools/blog/2018-05-20-artisan-v131/https://artisan.tools/blog/2018-05-20-artisan-v131/This version of Artisan is mostly a bug-fix release, resolving many minor issues reported by users since the release of v1.3 about a month ago.Sun, 20 May 2018 00:00:00 GMTreleasesartisanalarmspidhttps://artisan.tools/blog/2018-05-15-automating-a-huky/https://artisan.tools/blog/2018-05-15-automating-a-huky/Here I give a short insight in my roasting setup, detailing how I connected my Huky 500T using VINT Phidgets and some custom electronics to Artisan.Tue, 15 May 2018 00:00:00 GMTfeaturesartisanhukyphidgetspidhttps://artisan.tools/blog/2018-04-15-artisan-v13/https://artisan.tools/blog/2018-04-15-artisan-v13/Artisan is getting simpler! Simpler to find, simpler to install, simpler to setup, simpler to configure and simpler to use. Artisan v1.3 is also extending…Sun, 15 Apr 2018 00:00:00 GMTreleasesartisanprobathottopfz-94https://artisan.tools/blog/2017-12-22-artisan-v12/https://artisan.tools/blog/2017-12-22-artisan-v12/Artisan v1.2 is a major release. The software on which Artisan is built was significantly modernised, especially on the Windows platform, resulting in…Fri, 22 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMTreleasesartisanphidgetshottoppidhttps://artisan.tools/blog/2017-12-21-more-phidgets/https://artisan.tools/blog/2017-12-21-more-phidgets/Artisan supported hardware from Phidgets since 2013 (see my previous post on Roasting with Phidgets ). This year Phidgets fundamentally revised both their…Thu, 21 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMTfeaturesartisanphidgetsalarmshttps://artisan.tools/blog/2017-12-21-roasting-with-phidgets/https://artisan.tools/blog/2017-12-21-roasting-with-phidgets/An introduction to automatic roast logging using basic hardware from Phidgets in combination with Artisan. This article focuses on standard USB Phidgets…Thu, 21 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMTfeaturesartisanphidgetspidenergyhttps://artisan.tools/blog/2017-12-06-talking-alarms/https://artisan.tools/blog/2017-12-06-talking-alarms/As conversational user interfaces are becoming trendy with Siri and Alexa, roast masters soon might start to talk to their roasting equipment, instead of…Wed, 06 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMTfeaturesartisanalarmshottophttps://artisan.tools/blog/2017-11-22-spiders-wheels/https://artisan.tools/blog/2017-11-22-spiders-wheels/In development and production it can become essential to not only document exactly the way a roast session was conducted, but also its outcome. Artisan…Wed, 22 Nov 2017 00:00:00 GMTfeaturesartisanpidhttps://artisan.tools/blog/2017-10-27-profile-templates/https://artisan.tools/blog/2017-10-27-profile-templates/Once a convincing roast profile for a certain coffee and purpose is found, a roastmaster has to replicate it over and over to produce a consistent product…Fri, 27 Oct 2017 00:00:00 GMTfeaturesartisanpidalarmshttps://artisan.tools/blog/2017-10-25-automatic-save/https://artisan.tools/blog/2017-10-25-automatic-save/Did you know that you can instruct Artisan to save roast profiles automatically such that none can get lost? In combination with automatic batch numbering…Wed, 25 Oct 2017 00:00:00 GMTfeaturesartisanhttps://artisan.tools/blog/2017-07-07-more-on-digital-noise/https://artisan.tools/blog/2017-07-07-more-on-digital-noise/In my previous post on Digital Noise I demonstrated that a low temperature resolution produces a noisy rate-of-rise (RoR) curve. Here I hint on a simple way…Fri, 07 Jul 2017 00:00:00 GMTfeaturesartisanhttps://artisan.tools/blog/2017-06-25-digital-noise/https://artisan.tools/blog/2017-06-25-digital-noise/This small note argues that temperature resolution matters even if it transports mostly noise. Continued in the post More On Digital Noise.Sun, 25 Jun 2017 00:00:00 GMTfeaturesartisanprobatphidgetshottophttps://artisan.tools/blog/2017-06-19-probat-probatone-adding-et/https://artisan.tools/blog/2017-06-19-probat-probatone-adding-et/The first generations of the Probat Probatone 2, the ones without touch display as well as those with the small touch display, came with a bean temperature…Mon, 19 Jun 2017 00:00:00 GMTfeaturesartisanprobatphidgetshttps://artisan.tools/blog/2017-06-09-probat-probatone/https://artisan.tools/blog/2017-06-09-probat-probatone/Probat is opening up to 3rd-party roasting software. The Artisan team is proud to be picked as one of their first collaborations. Thus, in the last weeks we…Fri, 09 Jun 2017 00:00:00 GMTfeaturesartisanprobatpidalarmshttps://artisan.tools/blog/2017-06-09-recent-roasts-properties/https://artisan.tools/blog/2017-06-09-recent-roasts-properties/Remember that day when you had to roast 100Kg of that Colombian bean on your 5Kg machine? You might have become tired re-entering all the same roast…Fri, 09 Jun 2017 00:00:00 GMTfeaturesartisanartisan.plushttps://artisan.tools/blog/2017-02-24-artisan-v10/https://artisan.tools/blog/2017-02-24-artisan-v10/After a long journey that started at the end of 2009, the development of Artisan finally reached version 1.0. Download it from the Artisan GitHub page. This…Fri, 24 Feb 2017 00:00:00 GMTreleasesartisanalarmspidenergyhttps://artisan.tools/blog/2017-02-14-giesen-roaster-connected/https://artisan.tools/blog/2017-02-14-giesen-roaster-connected/A number of people have asked how best to connect their Giesen coffee roasters to Artisan. Here is a quite elegant solution by Barry that brings his Giesen…Tue, 14 Feb 2017 00:00:00 GMTfeaturesartisangiesenenergyhttps://artisan.tools/blog/2017-02-14-roast-phases-statistics-and-phases-lcds/https://artisan.tools/blog/2017-02-14-roast-phases-statistics-and-phases-lcds/The coffee roasting process is often discussed with respect to its separate roasting phases. Splitting not only makes it easier to get complex things into…Tue, 14 Feb 2017 00:00:00 GMTfeaturesartisanhttps://artisan.tools/blog/2017-01-20-connecting-phidgets-on-linux/https://artisan.tools/blog/2017-01-20-connecting-phidgets-on-linux/To get up and running Artisan under Linux using Phidgets is not completely trivial (but doable). While the installation of Artisan should not pose any…Fri, 20 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMTfeaturesartisanphidgetshttps://artisan.tools/blog/2016-11-24-area-under-the-curve-auc/https://artisan.tools/blog/2016-11-24-area-under-the-curve-auc/The idea that the area under the temperature curve could be an indicator on how much total energy the beans might have receive during the roasting process…Thu, 24 Nov 2016 00:00:00 GMTfeaturesartisanenergyhttps://artisan.tools/blog/2016-11-24-pid-control/https://artisan.tools/blog/2016-11-24-pid-control/A PID controller is a control loop feedback mechanism commonly used in industrial applications. – PID Controller, Wikipedia.Thu, 24 Nov 2016 00:00:00 GMTfeaturesartisanpidmodbusprobathttps://artisan.tools/blog/2016-10-10-die-zweite-deutsche-scae-r%C3%B6stmeisterschaft-2016/https://artisan.tools/blog/2016-10-10-die-zweite-deutsche-scae-r%C3%B6stmeisterschaft-2016/The second German SCAE coffee roasting championship took place last week on 5-7 October @Probat in Emmerich. It followed very closely the protocol and style…Mon, 10 Oct 2016 00:00:00 GMTeventsartisanprobattoninohttps://artisan.tools/blog/2016-08-14-fz-94-4-taking-control/https://artisan.tools/blog/2016-08-14-fz-94-4-taking-control/Now that Artisan can talk to the drive controllers, it is not only possible to read the drive speeds, but also to control the drive speeds. However, that…Sun, 14 Aug 2016 00:00:00 GMTfeaturesartisanmodbusfz-94https://artisan.tools/blog/2016-08-14-more-alarms/https://artisan.tools/blog/2016-08-14-more-alarms/Support for alarms has been around for quite a while and is in heavy use by some. More recently I got asked how to define an alarm that should be triggered…Sun, 14 Aug 2016 00:00:00 GMTfeaturesartisanalarmshttps://artisan.tools/blog/2016-08-12-fz-94-3-connecting-the-drives/https://artisan.tools/blog/2016-08-12-fz-94-3-connecting-the-drives/The FZ-94 comes with two Delta VFD-L drive controllers often referred to as frequency drives. One controls the drum speed, the other the air flow via the…Fri, 12 Aug 2016 00:00:00 GMTfeaturesartisanmodbusfz-94pidhttps://artisan.tools/blog/2016-08-12-videos-curve-controlled-roasts-with-fz-94-and-artisan/https://artisan.tools/blog/2016-08-12-videos-curve-controlled-roasts-with-fz-94-and-artisan/The video below may be a little boring for some because I did not cut footage from it to skip any part that may be uneventful. Do slide back and forth at…Fri, 12 Aug 2016 00:00:00 GMTfeaturesartisanpidfz-94https://artisan.tools/blog/2016-08-06-fz-94-0-playing-with-the-cte-lab-roaster/https://artisan.tools/blog/2016-08-06-fz-94-0-playing-with-the-cte-lab-roaster/Some new features in Artisan v1.0 open up advanced possibilities to log and control the Coffee Tech Engineering's Lab Roaster FZ-94. This series of posts…Sat, 06 Aug 2016 00:00:00 GMTfeaturesartisanfz-94modbuspidhttps://artisan.tools/blog/2016-08-06-fz-94-1-bumping-up-modbus/https://artisan.tools/blog/2016-08-06-fz-94-1-bumping-up-modbus/In this first post on an improved FZ-94 setup for Artisan v1.0 we are focusing on the communication between the machine and the software. MODBUS RTU speed…Sat, 06 Aug 2016 00:00:00 GMTfeaturesartisanfz-94modbuspidhttps://artisan.tools/blog/2016-08-06-fz-94-2-pushing-the-drum-heat-limit-controller/https://artisan.tools/blog/2016-08-06-fz-94-2-pushing-the-drum-heat-limit-controller/That third MaxWell MTA-48 temperature PID, all the way to the right on the front of the FZ-94, plays a dual role. Besides reporting the actual temperature…Sat, 06 Aug 2016 00:00:00 GMTfeaturesartisanpidmodbusfz-94https://artisan.tools/blog/2016-08-03-first-successful-curve-controlled-fz-94-roast-with-artisan/https://artisan.tools/blog/2016-08-03-first-successful-curve-controlled-fz-94-roast-with-artisan/Roastmasters working with a PID like the Fuji PXG4 could in the past already enjoy the "autopilot" feature of Artisan, making sure the roast profile neatly…Wed, 03 Aug 2016 00:00:00 GMTfeaturesartisanpidfz-94designerhttps://artisan.tools/blog/2016-07-31-coffee-tech-fz-94-working-seamlessly-with-artisan/https://artisan.tools/blog/2016-07-31-coffee-tech-fz-94-working-seamlessly-with-artisan/Artisan 1.0 screen with sliders for FZ-94 on the left.Sun, 31 Jul 2016 00:00:00 GMTfeaturesartisanpidfz-94modbushttps://artisan.tools/blog/2016-03-14-artisan-v099/https://artisan.tools/blog/2016-03-14-artisan-v099/A number of productivity features have been added on request to this version. The ones that might be of interest for a wider audience are described below…Mon, 14 Mar 2016 00:00:00 GMTreleasesartisandesignerpidhttps://artisan.tools/blog/2016-03-13-lcds/https://artisan.tools/blog/2016-03-13-lcds/Alternatives for displaying the roast time, bean temperature (BT) and environmental temperature (ET) have been added for those, fighting with small screen…Sun, 13 Mar 2016 00:00:00 GMTfeaturesartisanalarmshttps://artisan.tools/blog/2016-03-13-roast-calculus/https://artisan.tools/blog/2016-03-13-roast-calculus/This post is going to review the subject of roast calculus. This calculus is about change and motion. Everything is dynamic. Measurements of changes are…Sun, 13 Mar 2016 00:00:00 GMTfeaturesartisanhttps://artisan.tools/blog/2015-11-01-die-erste-deutsche-scae-r%C3%B6stmeisterschaft-2015/https://artisan.tools/blog/2015-11-01-die-erste-deutsche-scae-r%C3%B6stmeisterschaft-2015/The first German SCAE coffee roasting championship took place last week on 26-28 October @Probat in Emmerich. The competition followed a slightly…Sun, 01 Nov 2015 00:00:00 GMTeventsartisanprobattoninopidhttps://artisan.tools/blog/2015-10-19-increasing-the-heat/https://artisan.tools/blog/2015-10-19-increasing-the-heat/Up to Artisan v0.9.7 custom event buttons could only set absolute event values. The version 0.9.8 adds the possibility to define buttons that increase or…Mon, 19 Oct 2015 00:00:00 GMTfeaturesartisanhottopmodbushttps://artisan.tools/blog/2015-10-10-natural-roasts/https://artisan.tools/blog/2015-10-10-natural-roasts/People typically talk about the art of coffee roasting. We're interested in the science. Therefore, we keep adding features to Artisan that allow to analyze…Sat, 10 Oct 2015 00:00:00 GMTfeaturesartisanprobathttps://artisan.tools/blog/2015-10-03-signals-symbolic-assignments-and-the-plotter/https://artisan.tools/blog/2015-10-03-signals-symbolic-assignments-and-the-plotter/Symbolic assignments are mostly used to adjust readings coming from connected devices or to define so called virtual devices. In this post, Rafael Cobo will…Sat, 03 Oct 2015 00:00:00 GMTfeaturesartisanhttps://artisan.tools/blog/2015-07-09-batch-counter/https://artisan.tools/blog/2015-07-09-batch-counter/Starting from v0.9.5, Artisan maintains a batch counter. That counter is increased on registering a DROP event and assigned as batch number to the current…Thu, 09 Jul 2015 00:00:00 GMTfeaturesartisanprobathttps://artisan.tools/blog/2015-07-07-speaking-alarms-for-os-x/https://artisan.tools/blog/2015-07-07-speaking-alarms-for-os-x/Speaking Alarms for Windows have been found useful. In Version 0.9.5 of Artisan, the "Call Program" alarm action has been updated to achieve a similar…Tue, 07 Jul 2015 00:00:00 GMTfeaturesartisanalarmshttps://artisan.tools/blog/2015-05-14-hottop-kn-8828b-2k/https://artisan.tools/blog/2015-05-14-hottop-kn-8828b-2k/Beginning with Artisan version 0.9.3, support for the Hottop KN-8828B-2K+ home roaster is available. Besides other improvements over previous models, that…Thu, 14 May 2015 00:00:00 GMTfeaturesartisanhottopalarmspidhttps://artisan.tools/blog/2015-02-20-proaster-and-artisan/https://artisan.tools/blog/2015-02-20-proaster-and-artisan/COFFEE OLLE, a coffee roaster in Hong Kong, posted instructions on how they connect Artisan directly via USB to their 5Kg THCR-03 Proaster shop roaster.Fri, 20 Feb 2015 00:00:00 GMTfeaturesartisanmodbushttps://artisan.tools/blog/2015-01-29-connecting-artisan-to-a-coffee-tech-fz-94-lab-roaster/https://artisan.tools/blog/2015-01-29-connecting-artisan-to-a-coffee-tech-fz-94-lab-roaster/The extensive controllability of the FZ-94, a 100g to 2.4kg capacity range lab roaster from Coffee-Tech Engineering, makes it an excellent machine for the…Thu, 29 Jan 2015 00:00:00 GMTfeaturesartisanmodbusfz-94https://artisan.tools/blog/2015-01-13-secondo-semifinale-campionato-italiano-tostatura-caff%C3%A9/https://artisan.tools/blog/2015-01-13-secondo-semifinale-campionato-italiano-tostatura-caff%C3%A9/The 2nd semi-finals of the SCAE Italy Roasting Competition took place on 3-5.12.2014 @ Kuntrawant, Al Passo dello Stelvio. This round was running on…Tue, 13 Jan 2015 00:00:00 GMTeventsartisanprobattoninohttps://artisan.tools/blog/2014-11-17-batch-volume-and-bean-density/https://artisan.tools/blog/2014-11-17-batch-volume-and-bean-density/The density of beans is an important parameter to decide on an appropriate roast profile. From the given volume and weight of a batch of coffee (green or…Mon, 17 Nov 2014 00:00:00 GMTfeaturesartisanhttps://artisan.tools/blog/2014-04-07-event-quantifiers/https://artisan.tools/blog/2014-04-07-event-quantifiers/Suppose you have connected a device to Artisan that measures the gas pressure of your burner or the setting of your damper. Wouldn't it be better to log…Mon, 07 Apr 2014 00:00:00 GMTfeaturesartisanhttps://artisan.tools/blog/2014-04-07-virtual-devices-and-symbolic-assignments/https://artisan.tools/blog/2014-04-07-virtual-devices-and-symbolic-assignments/Artisan supports a wide list of different devices to read data from and to write data to. Several of those devices can be operated in parallel ending up in…Mon, 07 Apr 2014 00:00:00 GMTfeaturesartisanenergyphidgetshttps://artisan.tools/blog/2014-01-24-sampling-interval-smoothing-and-rate-of-rise/https://artisan.tools/blog/2014-01-24-sampling-interval-smoothing-and-rate-of-rise/Let me try to explain my perspective on the processing of the raw data gathered from a temperature probe implanted into a coffee roaster. To understand…Fri, 24 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMTfeaturesartisanphidgetshttps://artisan.tools/blog/2013-06-14-artisan-06/https://artisan.tools/blog/2013-06-14-artisan-06/Developing this version was a very exciting experience, because of all the enthusiastic support we received over the last year. We would like to thank…Fri, 14 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMTreleasesartisanpidmodbushttps://artisan.tools/blog/2013-06-03-device-selection/https://artisan.tools/blog/2013-06-03-device-selection/There are a number of devices to monitor or control your roaster that are supported by Artisan. Which one to choose? Let's look at the key features of the…Mon, 03 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMTfeaturesartisanphidgetsmodbuspidhttps://artisan.tools/blog/2013-06-02-monitoring-a-londinium/https://artisan.tools/blog/2013-06-02-monitoring-a-londinium/The Londinium blog recently featured a box full of Amprobe TMD-56's ready to start a series of measurements on this machine that has been a bit of a rave…Sun, 02 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMTfeaturesartisanlondiniumhttps://artisan.tools/blog/2013-05-20-fighting-spikes/https://artisan.tools/blog/2013-05-20-fighting-spikes/You might be one of the lucky roasters who gets perfect readings from your meter. However, some don't. Mostly spikes are caused by some electrical…Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 GMTfeaturesartisanpidhttps://artisan.tools/blog/2013-05-19-more-modbus/https://artisan.tools/blog/2013-05-19-more-modbus/The support of Modbus RTU was just added to Artisan (see this previous post), but it is already time to extend its scope based on your requests. This…Sun, 19 May 2013 00:00:00 GMTfeaturesartisanmodbuspidhttps://artisan.tools/blog/2013-03-22-alarms/https://artisan.tools/blog/2013-03-22-alarms/Sometimes it is hard to get up in the morning. Alarm clocks may help with this. The Artisan alarms feature instead can help you in keeping the focus while…Fri, 22 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMTfeaturesartisanalarmshottophttps://artisan.tools/blog/2013-03-22-modbus-rtu/https://artisan.tools/blog/2013-03-22-modbus-rtu/Artisan v0.6 adds a new device call MODBUS. Selecting that one allows you to have Artisan talk to your Modbus RTU device. Modbus is a de facto standard…Fri, 22 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMTfeaturesartisanmodbuspidhttps://artisan.tools/blog/2013-03-01-events-buttons-and-palettes/https://artisan.tools/blog/2013-03-01-events-buttons-and-palettes/Artisan focus on logging your roasts. It plots temperature curves using data from a meter or manual input (using this magic device NONE). However, a roast…Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMTfeaturesartisanhttps://artisan.tools/blog/2013-02-23-controlling-a-hottop/https://artisan.tools/blog/2013-02-23-controlling-a-hottop/Thanks to the genius work of Jim it is now possible to control the heater and fan of a Hottop roaster from your PC. Jim designed the HT Roaster Interface…Sat, 23 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMTfeaturesartisanhottopmodbusprobathttps://artisan.tools/blog/2013-02-22-artisan-06-beta/https://artisan.tools/blog/2013-02-22-artisan-06-beta/Last November we released Artisan v0.5.6 that only added a minor fix for the Voltcraft K201 meter over Artisan v0.5.5, which is available already since…Fri, 22 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMTreleasesartisanalarmspidhottop