Wifi'ify the Senseo coffee maker.
The coffee maker is with no doubt a central element of our lives. In the Smart Home where every device is connected and automated, the coffee making can not be left out. Let's bring the Philips Senseo (Basic or Classic) into your Wi-Fi and control it remotely from your smartphone, through automation, or by extension via Alexa!
Yes, this is silly, you should do it too!
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After implementing the steps below your Senseo coffee machine will offer the following new features. This is especially useful in combination with a home automation system.
The first challenge of this project is to hack the Senseo machine electronics. You need to solder and connect a custom PCB to the machine. In the end the PCB will not be visible from the outside, powered from the inside, connected via Wi-Fi and programmed over-the-air (OTA).
⚠⚠⚠ Attention! For your own safety do not connect AC power while opened up. ⚠⚠⚠
Part | Description |
---|---|
1× Custom PCB | See SenseoWifi-PCB folder for schematic |
1× WeMos D1 Mini | Microcontroller, learn more… |
4× Sharp PC817 | Optocoupler interfacing with the Senseo board (datasheet). Thanks to these, the Senseo can be connected to AC power and to your PC via USB at the same time. Try to avoid this constellation and be cautious with active AC power. |
3× 470Ω Resistor | |
1× 1.5kΩ Resistor | |
1× Push button | To reset the microcontroller from the outside |
1× AC-DC Step Down Converter (220V to 5V) | As internally sourced power supply (e.g. ebay.de or HLK-PM01) |
Generic male headers | A bunch of them |
1× Buzzer 12mm | Optional - Used for audio feedback, can be disabled in firmware (e.g. reichelt.de) |
1× 150Ω Resistor | Optional - Size depends on buzzer |
1× TCRT5000 | Optional - To detect a cup. Reflective Optical Sensor, Regulated Module (e.g. ebay.de) |
Power Consumption: The question was raised how much energy is consumed by the modification. The PCB consumes approx. 110mA. Assuming the Senseo machine is connected to power 24/7, the additional electronics raise your electrical bill by 2.00€ per year.
SenseoWifi-PCB
folder (designed in Fritzing)images
folder, e.g., for the Senseo Classic and Senseo QuadrantePlease follow the details given in the schematics and the pictures in the images folder, which should make everything pretty clear. Do not hessitate to create a support ticket on GitHub if we missed anything. A pull request to improve this README is always welcome.
The WeMos microcontroller needs to be programmed with the code provided in this repository. Be aware that the custom functionality is build on top of the excellent Homie v3.0 framework.
An MQTT broker is needed in your network (e.g. mosquitto).
Please follow these instructions (last tested 2021-10-01):
Install PlatformIO via Visual Studio Code as decribed here or upgrade your existing installation
Open PlatformIO and load a latest copy of this repository
Connect your Senseo via the USB cable to your PC (do not connect the Senseo to AC power!) and check the devices view of PlatformIO to verify
Transfer the firmware and the configuration web interface to the microcontroller. The full list of PlatformIO project tasks is:
If any of the steps ends in a connection error dis- and reconnect the USB cable. You were successful when the monitoring terminal shows the SenseoWifi firmware version. For initial hardware testing see below.
Use a smartphone to connect to the provided Wifi, you will be redirected to a configuration web frontend
Provide your Wifi, MQTT, and other settings (we recommend the default homie base topic)
Use an MQTT client to inspect messages sent to the MQTT broker.
You were successful when the message "senseo-wifi" is published to the topic homie/senseo-wifi/machine/$name
Disconnect the USB cable, close the Senseo housing, and connect the Senseo machine to AC power. The machine should once again start communicating via MQTT
For Hardware testing: A special piece of code is provided to test that your fresh hardware modifications are working.
Enable testIO()
in SenseoWifi.cpp
and check testIO.cpp
for details.
Configuration mode: The configuration web frontend is only available when in configuration mode, i.e. when not yet configured. Press the configuration reset button previously mounted in the base of the machine for 5 seconds to resets the firmware configuration. The machine switches in configuration mode and provides a Wifi accesspoint, which upon connection once again presents the configuration web frontend. Follow these instructions if you ever loose connection, or want to change your Wifi or MQTT settings.
After an initial flash with the firmware, updates can be sent via Wifi+MQTT, no need to take the machine apart. The web frontend on flash and your custom configuration stay on the device.
python3 ota_updater_202011.py -l 192.168.0.75 -u user -d password -t "homie/" -i "senseo-wifi-rf21" .pio/build/senseo-wifi/firmware.bin
If everything worked out your machine now communicates its status and accepts commands via MQTT.
You are now ready to interact with the machine and integrate it with other systems.
Please check the source code of SenseoWifi.cpp
for details on states and commands.
With the machine connected to Wifi and MQTT, you can now link a smart home system to the important MQTT topics to integrate the machine with the rest of your smart home.
The following example integrates the Senseo machine with the home automation solution Home Assistant. The configuration adds all necessary entities, translations to German, and clever automations to make the machine useful. E.g. one automation enables a complete coffee brewing cycle with a single command, the other reminds you of your warm coffee every minute while you didn't pick it up.
Please make sure the machine is connected to your MQTT broker and adapt the machine name in the topic.
Home Assistant config file packages/senseo_wifi.yaml
, see home-assistant/senseo_wifi.yaml
.
Lovelace configuration for an interactive UI control in the Home Assistant app:
cards:
- type: entities
entities:
- entity: switch.senseowifi_power
name: Power
- type: conditional
conditions:
- entity: sensor.senseowifi_opstate
state_not: SENSEO_OFF
row:
entity: sensor.senseowifi_opstate
name: Operationszustand
- type: conditional
conditions:
- entity: binary_sensor.senseowifi_out_of_water
state: 'on'
card:
type: entities
entities:
- entity: binary_sensor.senseowifi_out_of_water
name: Wassertank leer
- type: conditional
conditions:
- entity: switch.senseowifi_power
state: 'on'
- entity: binary_sensor.senseowifi_out_of_water
state_not: 'on'
- entity: binary_sensor.senseowifi_cup_full
state: 'off'
card:
type: entities
entities:
- entity: binary_sensor.senseowifi_cup_available
name: Tasse steht unter
- type: conditional
conditions:
- entity: binary_sensor.senseowifi_cup_full
state: 'on'
card:
type: entities
entities:
- entity: binary_sensor.senseowifi_cup_full
name: Tasse gefüllt
- type: conditional
conditions:
- entity: sensor.senseowifi_opstate
state: SENSEO_READY
- entity: binary_sensor.senseowifi_cup_available
state: 'on'
- entity: binary_sensor.senseowifi_cup_full
state: 'off'
card:
type: entities
entities:
- type: buttons
entities:
- entity: input_boolean.senseowifi_brew_normal
name: kleine Tasse brühen
icon: mdi:coffee-to-go
- entity: input_boolean.senseowifi_brew_double
name: große Tasse brühen
icon: mdi:coffee-to-go
title: SenseoWifi
type: vertical-stack
The following openHAB configuration allows integration of the Senseo machine with the home automation solution openHAB. Please make sure the machine is connected to your MQTT broker. Insert the MQTT broker IP and replace "senseo-wifi-home" by your device name in the below example.
The expire binding is recommended for debug-value.
Note: Not updated to latest firmware changes.
openHAB things file mqtt.things
:
Bridge mqtt:systemBroker:LocalBroker [ host="your-broker-ip", secure=false ]
{
Thing mqtt:topic:SenseoWiFi "SenseoWiFi" {
Channels:
Type string : Debug "Debug" [stateTopic="devices/senseo-wifi-home/machine/debug"]
Type string : OpState "Zustand" [stateTopic="devices/senseo-wifi-home/machine/opState"]
Type switch : OnOff "OnOff" [stateTopic="devices/senseo-wifi-home/machine/power", commandTopic="devices/senseo-wifi-home/machine/power/set", on="ON", off="OFF"]
Type string : Brew "Brew" [stateTopic="devices/senseo-wifi-home/machine/brew",commandTopic="devices/senseo-wifi-home/machine/brew/set"]
Type number : BrewedSize "BrewedSize" [stateTopic="devices/senseo-wifi-home/machine/brewedSize"]
Type string : OutOfWater "OutOfWater" [stateTopic="devices/senseo-wifi-home/machine/outOfWater"]
Type string : CupAvailable "Tasse vorh." [stateTopic="devices/senseo-wifi-home/machine/cupAvailable"]
Type string : CupFull "Tasse voll" [stateTopic="devices/senseo-wifi-home/machine/cupFull"]
Type string : Online "Online" [stateTopic="devices/senseo-wifi-home/$online"]
Type string : version "Version" [ stateTopic="devices/senseo/$homie"]
Type string : name "Name" [ stateTopic="devices/senseo/$name"]
Type string : ip "IP-address" [ stateTopic="devices/senseo/$localip"]
Type string : mac "MAC-address" [ stateTopic="devices/senseo/$mac"]
Type string : fw_name "Firmware Name" [ stateTopic="devices/senseo/$fw/name"]
Type string : fw_version "Firmware Version" [ stateTopic="devices/senseo/$fw/version"]
Type string : nodes "Nodes" [ stateTopic="devices/senseo/$nodes"]
Type string : implementation "Implementation" [ stateTopic="devices/senseo/$implementation"]
Type string : interval "Update interval" [ stateTopic="devices/senseo/$stats/interval"]
}
}
openHAB items file SenseoWifi.items
:
String KU_Senseo_Debug "Debug [%s]" {channel="mqtt:topic:SenseoWiFi:Debug", expire="10s"}
String KU_Senseo_OpState "Zustand [MAP(senseo-wifi.map):%s]" {channel="mqtt:topic:SenseoWiFi:OpState"}
Switch KU_Senseo_OnOff "OnOff" {channel="mqtt:topic:SenseoWiFi:OnOff"}
String KU_Senseo_Brew "Brew" {channel="mqtt:topic:SenseoWiFi:Brew"}
Number KU_Senseo_BrewedSize "BrewedSize" {channel="mqtt:topic:SenseoWiFi:BrewedSize"}
String KU_Senseo_OutOfWater "OutOfWater" {channel="mqtt:topic:SenseoWiFi:OutOfWater" [profile="transform:MAP", function="senseo-wifi.map"]}
String KU_Senseo_CupAvailable "Tasse vorh." {channel="mqtt:topic:SenseoWiFi:CupAvailable" [profile="transform:MAP", function="senseo-wifi.map"]}
String KU_Senseo_CupFull "Tasse voll" {channel="mqtt:topic:SenseoWiFi:CupFull" [profile="transform:MAP", function="senseo-wifi.map"]}
String KU_Senseo_Online "Online" {channel="mqtt:topic:SenseoWiFi:Online"}
openHAB sitemap example SenseoWifi.sitemap
:
sitemap testing label="Senseo-Tests"
{
Text item=KU_Senseo_Online label="Fehler [Maschine nicht verfügbar!]" visibility=[KU_Senseo_Online == "false"] valuecolor=["false"="red"]
Frame label="Status" visibility=[KU_Senseo_Online == "true"] {
Text item=KU_Senseo_OpState label="Aktueller Zustand"
Default item=KU_Senseo_Debug label="Debug" visibility=[KU_Senseo_Debug != UNDEF] valuecolor=["red"]
Text item=KU_Senseo_OutOfWater label="Wassertank [Leer]" visibility=[KU_Senseo_OpState == SENSEO_NOWATER] valuecolor=[ON="maroon"] icon="water"
Switch item=KU_Senseo_CupAvailable label="Tasse vorhanden" icon="coffee_cup"
Switch item=KU_Senseo_CupFull label="Tasse voll" visibility=[KU_Senseo_CupAvailable == ON] icon="coffee_cup_hot"
}
Frame label="Steuerung" visibility=[KU_Senseo_Online == "true"] {
Switch item=KU_Senseo_OnOff label="Ein-/Ausschalten"
Switch item=KU_Senseo_Brew label="Kaffee Kochen" mappings=[1cup="☕", 2cup="☕☕"]
}
}
Further details outstanding. Don't hesitate to open a support issue!
Happy Hacking!
Philips and Senseo are registered trademarks of Philips GmbH.
This project is a community project not for commercial use. The authors will not be held responsible in the event of device failure or bad tasting coffee.
This project is in no way affiliated with, authorized, maintained, sponsored or endorsed by Philips or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries.