What happened? Recently, I got an unusual task: bring an old medical machine back to...
What happened?
Recently, I got an unusual task: bring an old medical machine back to life.
The machine had been built more than 40 years ago (older than me 🙃) and its original control mechanism was completely mechanical. Unfortunately, that mechanism had been seriously damaged, and replacing it wasn't really an option.
So the solution was to redesign the controller from scratch using an Arduino.
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