DESIRE Working Demo
Decent hacker Reed Taylor has wired his DE1 espresso machine directly into a small Raspberry Pi computer, which then makes his espresso machine available over TCP/IP. He then modified my open-source DE1+ tablet app, so that when it’s running on his Mac, it works using TCP/IP instead of Bluetooth.
This working demo opens up all sorts of new possibilies:
– the Mac, Windows, Linux versions of my DE1+ app are now fully functional
– Wired control (over TCP/IP, and soon, USB) of the espresso machine is both faster, and more reliable
– The DE1+ app can already run in a web browser, but Bluetooth was an issue. Now, a full DE1+ app can run on this little Raspberry Pi, and anyone with a web browser can now use the DE1+. This means that iPad users will now be able to control their Decent without needing an Android tablet.
– 3 Robotics companies have Decent machines, and have been wanting a more reliable way to control the espresso making process.
– a “REST API” can now be offered to Javascript (and other) programmers, so you can talk directly to the Decent using your favorite programming language.
A very nice step forward, this.
-john
