Arduino resurrects a washing machine that failed for silly reasons

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe maker movement often focuses on creation, but we should never overlook repair. In a consumer market increasingly moving towards planned obsolescence, manufacturers often fail to devote any resources towards the repair of their products. In many cases, replacement parts are unavailable or prohibitively expensive. But the maker skill set can provide recourse, as demonstrated […]

Arduino control system puts defunct washing machine back into operation

Reading Time: 2 minutesArduino control system puts defunct washing machine back into operation Arduino Team — December 28th, 2020 After three short years of use, Roni Bandini’s Samsung washing machine started to act erratically, and several technicians looked at it without really fixing the problem. Bandini then decided to take matters into his own hands and replaced its brains with […]