Never Forget to Unload the Washing Machine With Laundruino

Have you ever put a load of laundry into a washing machine, and had to go along running up and down flights of steps to check if it's done? Fortunately, a little tinkering with your machine could let you keep an exact countdown of when your load will be complete, thanks to an Arduino control and a minute tinkering.

"Micha" from the Fellowship of Free Software Foundation European Community(FSFE) blog created Laundruino and so he wouldn't have to run downstairs only to get an inaccurate reading on the washing machine's screen. Micha opened upbound his washing machine and get in touch it to his LAN. The washables machine send away now alert Micha via his laptop when the washing is finished, how long it has been finished, and when it will finish, all via an HTTP server. He dependent prepared an Arduino display board, ethernet shield, opto-coupler, perfboard and resistance, soldering out the original Light-emitting diode system.

Micha gets a LOW signal when the washing is done, and HIGH signal if the machine is switched off or running. You can determine out his images of the build on the FSFE web log post.

This is a jolly useful hack if you don't like perpetually getting up or running up and low-spirited stairs–plus, it saves having to Ra-wash clothes and sheets you forgot to get out earleir.

You can download the code needed for inexact if you would same to give it a whirl yourself.

[FSFE via Hack a Day]

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