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Are robot vacuums always circular, wouldn't a single 90 degree or similar section be useful for accessing corners
The hardware is an issue, not because it's bad but because it's massively expensive to buy the components piecemeal. You can purchase a lidar vac for £70-80 now. Even if you only replaced the brains, that's a quarter of the price of a Oomwoo. The only upgrade I'd want is self-emptying. You'd probably have to relocate the charging contacts but it seems highly achievable. Or you could break up an existing vac for the p…
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Gagguino is a great example of this approach, licensing scandal aside†. Espresso machines are expensive and not because the software is particularly clever. They are electrically simple, but mechanically there's a lot of pressurized plumbing that you really don't want to DIY. The kit is a control board for the pump and boiler, and some add-on sensors for temperature and pressure. The "high end" features that it enabl…
> pressurized plumbing that you really don't want to DIY They're fine to DIY if you're sensible about it. If you can build it, you can build a simple hydrostatic pressure tester. Pump, valves, tubes and a gauge. No computer parts. Pump the tank up to 1.5x rated pressure. This is industry standard. But of course the age old saying applies: know what you're doing.
It looks like a cool project for sure https://www.diypresso.com and actually reasonably priced for what you get and what a similar spec system would cost off the shelf.
Great, now do a lawn mower!
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There's much to criticize about the dev, but there's really no way to make it significantly easier. Most robovac companies just don't want you to flash the firmware. The dev opposes selling the connector PCBs, but people have always ignored that and sold them online. They're not hard to find, but having the PCB is really only the first step.
> There's much to criticize about the dev, but there's really no way to make it significantly easier. Not banning people that want to buy a flashing kit instead of making one would be a start. I for one would learn nothing, and wanting privacy shouldn't require an arbitrary skill when unnecessary like in this case. Not even mentioning that buying the parts is prohibitively expensive compared to some finished kits I'v…