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I have installed the GaggiMate mod in my Gaggia Classic (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (2 children)

some links for people wanting more info about the project:

https://github.com/jniebuhr/gaggimate

https://docs.gaggimate.eu/

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

And I just saw there even is a version for the Rancilio Silvia !

https://shop.gaggimate.eu/

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

Thanks. I forgot to add links to the project.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 hours ago

Did you choose the kit? Pro or standard? How do you feel about the results vs manual operation? I’ve been on the fence about it because I’d want the pro model and that’s half the price of my classic. But, if this brings it to the level of its $2k sibling GT, that definitely seems worth it.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

How difficult was it? I keep talking myself into and out of buying a Decent machine, but if I could get some of the functionality with LESS expense, I may be interested.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 hours ago

It was not too bad. I finished it on two afternoons over a weekend. And I don't have a lot of experience with electronics. I do recommend having a multimeter on hand to check the connections.

The documentation is not perfect, but the people behind the project are constantly improving it. Also, they are very helpful on discord (even though I cannot stand discord as a platform).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Looks cool but what is the purpose of this? There are no controls for setting temperature or pressure on this model, so isn't it kind of useless?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

It looks to me like it added them, no?

Edit: Yep.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

exactly that's the whole point of the mod. GaggiMate adds PID temperature control and a pressure transducer ("Pro" version only). The devs are actively working on the software and are releasing updates pretty much every week.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Yes. Since last weekend the pressure profiles work in the stable version.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 hours ago

Oh wow, didn't realize the mod did this! Very cool