Last night I rebuilt my ECM Giotto with a new boiler. I’ve seen PID controlled machines before, but today I stumbled across this modded Rancillo Silvia. [Tim] replaced the internal brain with… ...

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PID-Controlled Espresso Machine by Gleb Polyakov and Igor Zamlinsky - Kickstarter Since the two love coffee, we developed this machine with the desire to have everyone smell good coffee.

Two thermocouples measure the temperature of the boiler and group head while a thermal cut-off fuse protects the machine from overheating in case of a malfunction.

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