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Post# 785057   9/22/2014 at 03:54 (3,476 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA)   |   | |
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Post# 785095 , Reply# 1   9/22/2014 at 11:10 (3,475 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)   |   | |
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Better question: Who cares? |
Post# 785174 , Reply# 3   9/22/2014 at 18:33 (3,475 days old) by kb0nes (Burnsville, MN)   |   | |
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Malcolm, thanks for sharing this, I hadn't seen it yet. It looks like all this does is to share connectivity out of the appliance to other devices like a smartphone etc.
The open source small embedded computer world really opened up with the Raspberry Pi and Arduino platforms. A Raspberry Pi is basically a full PC with about the power of a Netbook one can buy for $35! The "Maker" world is playing a lot with these platforms now. The development is pretty amazing being that it is generally all shared and collaborative. They are pretty easy to interface to hardware and programming uses high level languages that support high quality graphical user interfaces. I'm collaborating on a current project with a friend to develop a flexible user programmable Pi based appliance timer. Think of a something the size of a Garmin Nuvi you can make do about anything you want cycle wise. Could be a nice replacement for legacy mechanical timers that are unobtainable today. And Internet connectivity would be an easy option to add. Photo shows the current Raspberry Pi computer. Board footprint is about the size of a cigarette pack.
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Post# 785190 , Reply# 4   9/22/2014 at 19:40 (3,475 days old) by whirlcool (Just North Of Houston, Texas)   |   | |
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Once your custom program bombs out and the appliance no longer works how much will a service guy charge to come out and reload the original programs in your appliance? |
Post# 785195 , Reply# 5   9/22/2014 at 20:08 (3,475 days old) by kb0nes (Burnsville, MN)   |   | |
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Allen,
There won't be any service techs available. This is open source and only something that would be offered to the people that are interested in doing and learning and making something cool. Pretty much the same thing we all do with vintage machines isn't it? After all you can't find someone to come fix a 50 year old mechanical timer anymore... There is good and bad with that comes with all technology no doubt. Some people are interested in embracing the good that it can come from technology. The other side of the coin would be rubbing clothing on a rock which is generally pretty reliable. The joy is that there is room for all of us in seeking our own personal approach. |
Post# 785218 , Reply# 6   9/22/2014 at 22:48 (3,475 days old) by jkbff (Happy Rock, ND)   |   | |
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Something like this should make a lot of people on this board happy.
Just think, with enough good quality relays and a controller of some form, one could customize machines with mechanical timers that aren't offering ideal cycles to modern day standard... A good example would be a Hobart-built KitchenAid Dishwasher... You could control how many (and duration of) pre-washes, soaks, washes, rinses and how long the drying cycle lasts. You could also add a delay start option. Keep the fan going until the door is opened, make the rinse only cycle last longer? And just imagine the possibilities of the direct-drive washers (tl and fl). If people figured out the circuitry of those, you could make your own custom cycles... I could customize water temperature, water level, wash tumble length, how many rinses and how long of a spin on those blasted samsungs that I hate so much... I'm sure if people were devoted enough you could even program your own '6 motion' like movements into the machine... The TL direct drive machines you could adjust agitation aggression, arc, fill options etc. The reasons above are why I like commercial appliances. If you can afford the products, you can customize the settings/cycles to do exactly what you want... |
Post# 785442 , Reply# 9   9/24/2014 at 09:51 (3,473 days old) by henene4 (Heidenheim a.d. Brenz (Germany))   |   | |
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As you seem to know a lot about this system, hvtech42, do you know if it's possible to read out the code so you can safe the original code as backup and/or only modify the already existing code? And, BTW, do you know which programming language is used? |