insects and Coffee

Yes! The digital timer Mod works great. But… turns out, just as I had suspected, I need a tighter grip on the delay. The MDL grinds 16.5 grams of coffee in 2 seconds, and 23.3 in 3 seconds. And so, looks as tho I do really need to order the new IC for my circuit board.

Then, maybe I’ll rip in to the MDL or maybe take the Timer over to the Dancing Goats Espresso Bar and install it in the ROBUR (with the ROBUR I’ll have to bypass the switch, it has a starter mechanism in there that I am not familiar with yet—have not ripped a ROBUR switch apart yet).

Meanwhile, got a message from Roberto at NUOVA, he has a different Timing mechanism in his warehouse that may meet my needs with the MDL.

Here is what the current Timer MOD and box looks like (the external model that is, if I keep it as an external type I’ll have to trick it out in some retro-futuristic style) >>>

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Not very pretty, but hey, it works!

The most obvious is this web site, if you’ve been check’n it out in the past few days. I’ve been trying to tweak the CSS, not much luck yet. WordPress has so many little files and I’ve yet to figure out which ids and classes go to what, and how.

On to good things, I have not gotten the go ahead quite yet to rip in to and install a digital timer Mod on Nuova’s MDL (the grinder in on loan from them), and so I’ve made this external timer Modual that I can plug the MDL in to, or any thing for that matter.

I’ll be trying this out tomorrow, in spite of not having my newly programmed IC yet. The IC in my timer Mod has 1 second delays, I want 0.1 second delays (more control). I need to order the part from the original programmer… and well… he lives in Australia. It is going to take a little time. Maybe I’ll have it when I get back from Mexico. Yep!Heading to Mexico for a week, out of the dark wet Northwest for a bit.