The Bartender is an intelligent, robotic, drink-making machine. It's made to display your bottles and pour you a cocktail just the way you like. The scale ensures your ingredients are measured precisely, and the touchscreen interface makes it easy to use. Each led in the light strip above the bottle deck can be controlled individually, meaning they can highlight an empty bottle for you, or they can put on a gentle light show to provide ambiance to a room. All told, the Bartender is the perfect addition to any bar setup to make it quick, easy, and fun to enjoy a casual drink, or to keep your guests glasses full.
The Bartender's design is made to integrate into a room first, and to easily pour drinks second. The problem with many drink making machines is the need for dedicated table space, which makes it feel like an appliance rather than a part of your setup. With two drawers for storage, and knobs or handles on the front side, The Bartender feels like a cabinet with some extra wizardry, and can also hold things like Margarita Salt or tools like a stirrer.
The Bartender calls for equal parts hardware and software, so some woodworking and soldering is required. Currently you'll have to buy the components and assemble yourself, but if the project gains popularity, kits may become available.
As mentioned above, you'll need to do some woodworking to get the drinks
flowing. The cut list is available in the hardware directory, and the BOM
is available there as well. After purchasing and assembling the required
hardware, you can move on to getting the Raspberry Pi set up.
- Qemu User Static - Multi-platform build support
- Docker - Build environment
- Kicad - PCBs
- FreeCad - 3D Models
- Platform.io - For Arduino Companion
- Raspberry Pi OS - Operating System
- React - Frontend
- Python - Backend Microservices
- Install Raspberry Pi OS on your Pi
- Add The Bartender's official Debian repo to your
/etc/apt/sources.listfile:
echo "deb https://storage.googleapis.com/bartender-repo bullseye main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list
- Add The Batender's secure GPG key for updates:
wget -O - https://storage.googleapis.com/bartender-repo/bartender-repo.gpg.key | sudo apt-key add -
- Reboot and grab a glass!
Navigate to the "Settings" screen, and press "Upgrade". Reboot.
The upgrade function is a very new feature, and may experience some problems.
To troubleshoot, please file an issue here and run
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y upgrade manually to get your system
up to date.
This project is still in the early phases and the repo is subject to changes and reorganization. Feel free to make suggestions and submit a pull request for any desired features.
The end goal for this project is to provide assembled units for anyone to use, but getting there is a huge undertaking. With the help of contributors, The Bartender can get there, but even if it doesn't, it's a fun project to play with, and a great way to learn many different skills.
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Desone Burns II - dburnsii@live.com - https://desone.dev