Coating composition scale network device

A coating composition system for weighing and formulating coating compositions, the coating composition system comprising:

• a physical enclosure enclosing an electronic coating composition networking device, wherein the electronic coating composition networking device comprises a local communication interface, a network communication interface, at least one sensor, one or more processors and a first computer-readable media;
• the local communication interface being configured to receive a physical connector from an electronic scale, wherein the electronic scale comprises a separate device that is external to the physical enclosure and the electronic scale lacks a network communication interface, the local communication interface within the physical enclosure thereby enabling the electronic scale to provide mass data to a remote server,
• the network communication interface being configured to communicate with an internet gateway,
• the at least one sensor being integrated within the electronic coating composition networking device,
• the one or more processors being configured to process data received from the electronic scale and the at least one sensor, and
• the first computer-readable media has stored thereon executable instructions that when executed by the one or more processors configure the electronic coating composition networking device to perform at least the following:
• receive, through the local communication interface, a mass variable from the electronic scale, wherein the mass variable provides a mass of a coating mixture resting on the electronic scale;
• receive from the at least one sensor a sensor variable, wherein the sensor variable provides data describing an aspect of a physical environment around the coating mixture, the aspect of the physical environment including one or more of a temperature, a humidity, a pressure, or a dew point;
• generate, using the one or more processors, a network data structure comprising the sensor variable and the mass variable;
• communicate, through the internet gateway, the network data structure to a remote server;
• and
• receive from the remote server a selected formulation from a plurality of different target coating formulations, the selected formulation chosen based at least in part on the sensor variable describing the aspect of the physical environment around the coating mixture in combination with the mass variable from the electronic scale, wherein the selected formulation comprises both components that should be added to the coating mixture and masses for each of the components.