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tom-2015 / washberrypi

Project for controlling washing machine with a Raspberry Pi Zero W
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Ideas: Is this project still active, anywhere? #2

Open zaqhack opened 4 months ago

zaqhack commented 4 months ago

It occurred to me that the basics of washing machine control were fairly universal. A 2-pcb set could likely be created with a universal "motherboard" and a vendor-specific "daughtercard" that could do specific sensor and control protocols. By doing this, the "motherboard" could be refined to provide lots of key features so long as "daughtercard" connected to it would support the feature. In theory, this would allow modes beyond the original manufacturer's settings in some cases.

It also occurs to me that ARM processors, in general, can be direct-mounted on the PCBs in question, which could make for a very cheap alternative to replacing controller boards in some modern washers. Building on what you have done here, it might be possible to have some kind of "Open Washer Project" that ultimately supports a wider variety of hardware.

P.S. https://youtu.be/j-DPf8Oz_9w - for "bouncy washers," this is what you want. (Probably the most-watched thing I'll ever put on YouTube. Yes, that's me.)

tom-2015 commented 4 months ago

The project is not active here anymore, it's available for anyone who wants to make his own controller board.

"Open Washer Project" with universal cards and controller board, yes this would be a cool thing unfortunately I don't have much time to start this 🙈

zaqhack commented 4 months ago

I'll probably start with a fork of this repository, at some point. Thanks for your response! I'll let you know if I get it off the ground.