I Built a PC that Makes Coffee

I turned my computer into an actual working coffee machine!

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[iamallaboutfood]

Whenever we saw something that according to my father was too expensive, he would make a joke "and does it make coffee?". A bed, a phone, a TV, doesn't matter what, he would make the same joke. He passed away in 2021, but I wish I could show him this video. "Look dad, it also makes coffee!"

[EmFer]

"Solder time, my favourite". Cuts to Hansi doing the soldering. Beautiful

[kipbeegle]

I have uttered the phase "I have a great idea, and I am deffinatly not gonna regret this" myself many times, with regrets in the end many times. But I have never been so bold as to mix a computer and a coffee maker, you are my hero. Working or playing at my computer is where I NEED the coffee, its such an obvious team up! Thank you both for such a great project!

[dianegriffen]

"The problem with coffee machines are... they are huge and clunky"'. Martina proceeds to find the largest computer case she can find, that Hansi refers to as "a wall between us".
Love the concept, love the build.

[richgross]

Martina: Notoriously famous for engaging in incredibly involved, time-consuming projects for a living.
Also Martina: "Making coffee is too tedious!"

[tam_marin]

My mom needs this; the number of times she's forgotten her coffee until 3 pm because she's working on the computer is unreal

[iDrummerGirl]

I can't believe the paneling matches your room SO perfectly 😭 such gorgeous wood!!!

[galllllllllllllll]

This is like peak ADHD activities... and it's amazing

[Hykalith]

„oh no! I spilled my computer all over my coffee!“

[DH-xwjp]

There was a lot of "little taste tests" in this one lol.

I have seen British Tea powered computers, Soviet Vodka cooled computers, but this is the first coffee brewing computers. Good job.

[ayrios]

My hat's off to your videographer and editor. Exquisitely cut with such wonderful shots and angles. Thank you to whoever may be behind the curtain!

[LilBanbozie]

This would be a dream for an internet café.
I think every food machine should have a progress bar; it really adds to the experience.

[Stringslinger]

Since I'm a PC nerd myself (building a new one this month in a completely custom case), I'm watching a lot of the PC Tech channels.
And here comes Nerdforge and does the build of the year.
Great idea of reversing air flow. And great use of this stupidly big case.

[magicsmokeescapist]

Just a small tip for the Arduino software.
In a system like this I would've implemented the WDT (Watch Dog Timer) for the safety of your build.
If you don't know what the WDT is, it is a timer within the MCU that need too be reset every X seconds, milliseconds or the MCU will reset no matter what it does. So if the software hangs the coffe maker could run for hours without you know it... which could start a fire in such confined space.

So if the WDT isn't reset the system will reboot and the relays will turn of.
Sheers from Sweden!

[natewygant]

Fantastic engineering! Very inspiring to a current engineering student! You identified the problem, brainstormed possible solutions, picked a solution to work upon, drew some diagrams and got to work. And it looks stylish on top of everything! You deserve an applause!

[isaiahhiggins]

The lighting plus the wood accents plus matching with the desk environment is just perfect

[RosettaDesigns]

I would definitely recommend trying to eliminate that gap between the grounds tube and the filter, if it's open to the rest of the computer the static buildup can get those grounds EVERYWHERE.

I used to work at a coffee shop and the grinder had to be vacuumed out daily because it builds up _so_ quickly

[EpicMuttonChops]

"this is either madness or brilliance"
"it's amazing how often those two traits coincide"

[MrSmitheroons]

From my time on YouTube, I expected a computer that maybe brews coffee once "for the meme, " leaks, and is a funny disaster.

You made a real working computer with a real working coffee machine in it.

I guess I should expect more from this channel! Good job, I can hardly believe this is real and actually works well!

[EpicNexusStudios]

Some advice: Isolate the coffee machine part of this build entirely. Because the dust a computer case collects is way way grosser than you think it is. Way... WAY grosser.

Sweet build though!