Rancilio's Silvia espresso machine gets hacked via the Arduino and Wii nunchuk
By Joshua Topolsky 
posted Apr 21st 2008 12:09AM
posted Apr 21st 2008 12:09AM
[Thanks, Russ]
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no reason what so ever to add the nunchuck in there. But definately gets "why the hell not" points
Haks0rs 4 the win
but why use a nunchuck instead of a regular dial pad, I mean you can't "order" your espressi from your bed, cuz the nunchuk is stuck to the machine, dont get me wrong, theres a lotta respect 4 yous from this side but can you try to hack the wiimote instead?
yes I'm lazy
this was on hackaday forever ago...
pretty cool, but some simple buttons would imo work better.
Ill just live life and enjoy it, and just see whats at the end of the tunnel when I finally meet it.
Pretty deep and profound to be sure, but somehow I don't see the relationship between your comment and the article.
Yea, I meant to post this on a forum, I put here by accident.
Cool idea, I agree. Yet there was no real reason for the Wii-chuck excpet to simply say he used it. Why not integrate something wireless, like a Class 1 Bluetooth controller you can use anywhere in your home? You could probably, more than likely considering their know-how, hook up a LCD screen on the controller and do it all from bed!
Sweet concept!
Uh, I'm not so sure that this is worth the time, especially when you consider that most people who crave coffee in the morning, aren't morning people to begin with, hence, want something a bit more user friendly, such as, oh I don't know, an ON/OFF switch?
Duh...
...most professional espresso machines take an hour or so to warm up all metal to the desired temperature... for this reason, PID-mods with timers are really useful :D
Wow!
That's simply beautiful. Very nice work. :D Espresso and Arduino. Who would have thought? :D
Nice Movie! Great presentation of your hack!
I'm not sure I'd want to fiddle around with an analog stick just to get a cup of coffee.
thats why YOU didn't do it. :/
Rancilio Silvias with computer mods are actually not uncommon.
Just get the machine on the network like a printer. If it still requires any human interaction to function, it has not attained perfection.
I think this is a valid question: Can it play Doom?
What the hell is wrong with you?
bloob goes to funerals and says that: "grandpa's dead"..."I know, but can he...".
The thing doesnst have a strap. I am not going anywhere near it lest I decide to fling it at my TV.
You use a strap for the nunchuck?
Yay Rancilio Silvia! I used to have one, with a PID installed (by me). Great unit, but I decided plumbed was better but wow thats some serious work for that little workhorse.
Here's an idea: have a nunchuk to control the toilet roll with its stick, and flushing the toilet with the trigger.
...lol, he's pulling a shot of water at the end of that clip... not even a shot of espresso??? come onnnnn