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… ...

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.

The quest for caffeine leads many a geek down the road to espresso, as we know all too well. We haven't gotten around to turning a MacBook into an espresso machine... yet, but we just can't resist ...

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.