Restructure into brewpi/client/ws packages and add README

Splits the server, GUI client, and websocket layer into their own
packages with dedicated requirements.txt files, and adds a README
documenting the project's architecture and usage.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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# BrewPi
A Python-based controller for automating the mash/brewing process of beer: it
holds a pot of liquid at target temperatures (or ramps it at a target heating
rate) according to a configurable mash schedule, drives a heater and stirrer,
and exposes live control/telemetry over a WebSocket so a desktop GUI (or any
other client) can monitor and steer the brew.
The project began as a simulation/control-theory playground (Kalman filter +
Smith-predictor temperature control, pot heat-diffusion model, see
[`docs/NonLinMPC.pdf`](docs/NonLinMPC.pdf)) and has grown real-hardware
backends for an induction hob and an RTD temperature probe.
## Architecture
```
brewpi/brewpi.py Server entry point: wires sensor, pot/plant,
heater, temperature controller and stirrer
together, runs them as asyncio tasks, and
serves state/commands over a WebSocket.
client/brewpi_gui.py PyQt5 desktop client (brewpi.ui) that connects
to the server's WebSocket, displays live
temperature/power/state, and lets the user set
target temperature, heat rate, stirrer speed,
and switch the heater/stirrer on or off.
components/ Pluggable building blocks behind factories:
pid/ temperature controllers (PID, Smith
predictor + Kalman filter) and the math
model used for prediction
plant/ pot heat-diffusion model used in simulation
sensor/ temperature sensors: simulated, or a real
MAX31865 RTD amplifier over SPI
actor/ heater and stirrer drivers: simulated, a
Hendi induction hob (serial protocol), or a
Pololu 1376 stirrer motor controller
tasks/ Async tasks (one per component) that poll
hardware/sim state at a fixed interval and
publish changes through the message dispatcher.
ws/ Minimal WebSocket pub/sub layer: server
(single- and multi-user), client, and a
keyed message dispatcher (e.g. "Sensor",
"Heater", "TempCtrl", "Stirrer", "Pot").
tracer.py Logs traced variables to .mat files (for
offline analysis/tuning in MATLAB/Octave,
see results.m / results_tc.m).
sude/ Mash schedules ("Sud" = brew/wort), each a
JSON list of temperature rests ("Rasten")
with target temperature, heat rate, and
optional pause for user confirmation.
config.json.templ Configuration template (real hardware).
config.json.sim Configuration template for simulation mode.
```
### Data flow
The server (`brewpi/brewpi.py`) loads `config.json`, builds the configured
sensor/heater/stirrer/controller via factories (`*Factory.create(name, ...)`)
based on the `Controller` section (`sensor_name`, `heater_name`,
`stirrer_name`, `pid_type`, or `"sim"` for any of them), and connects their
outputs to each other's inputs via `set_on_changed` callbacks, e.g.:
- sensor temperature → temperature controller's `theta_ist`
- temperature controller output `y` → heater power
- heater effective power → pot model power (simulation only)
Each component runs inside its own `ATask` at a configurable interval
(`Controller.dt`, scaled by `sim_warp_factor`) and pushes state changes onto a
keyed WebSocket channel that any connected client can subscribe to and send
commands back on (e.g. `{"TempCtrl": {"Soll": {"Temp": 65}}}`).
## Requirements
- Python 3.8+
- Server (`brewpi/requirements.txt`): `numpy`, `scipy`, `websockets`, `dpath`,
and `pyserial`/`spidev` if using real hardware backends.
- Client (`client/requirements.txt`): `PyQt5` (and `PyQt5.Qwt` for plotting).
Install with:
```bash
pip install -r brewpi/requirements.txt
pip install -r client/requirements.txt
```
## Running
1. Copy a config template to `config.json` next to `brewpi.py` and adjust it.
Use `config.json.sim` to run entirely in simulation (no hardware needed),
or `config.json.templ` as a starting point for real hardware (set the
heater/stirrer serial ports and sensor type).
2. Start the server:
```bash
cd brewpi
./brewpi.py
```
This serves the WebSocket on `ws://0.0.0.0:8765`.
3. Start the GUI client and connect to the server's URI:
```bash
cd client
./brewpi_gui.py
```
`brewpi/brewpi.sh` shows how this is wired up to run under a `virtualenvwrapper`
environment (`$WORKON_HOME`/`$BREWPI_HOME`) on a Raspberry Pi-style deployment.
## Mash schedules
Files under `sude/` describe a brew's mash schedule: pot weight, malt/water
weights, stirrer speed/duty, and a list of temperature rests, each with a
target temperature, heating rate, and whether to pause for user confirmation
before continuing (e.g. to add malt or check gravity).
## Logging & analysis
`tracer.py` (and `tasks/tracer.py`) periodically dump traced signals
(temperatures, heat rates, heater power) to `logs/*.mat` files, which can be
loaded in MATLAB/Octave — see `results.m` and `results_tc.m` — to evaluate
and tune the controller.
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