Five Senses Coffee Blog

Synesso’s new electronics

This photo is the prototype of Synesso’s completely redesigned electronics box. The current relay driver board with separate display board will be replaced by a CPU board that will connect to the SSRs and solenoids through individual relay driver boards (via optically isolated outputs) . The operator interface is a four line LCD display that is used for changing the configurable settings and displaying temperatures and error logs etc.

All the machine’s functions and features are now fully controlled by the software program, which allows the machine to be incredibly versatile and configurable. New features and functions are added by simply updating the machine’s program via the inbuilt USB port.

Some of the features of the software being developed include: reduced temperature  power saving (sleep) mode, shot timers, two stage pre-infusion timers, error and event logging,  shot counters,  hot water spout timer,  auto back flushing, safety time out on pumps and valves and much more.

The fully operational  prototype will be at the SCAA in Anahiem next week, so drop by if you are going to be there and have a close up look at the next generation Synesso.     ~ Richard