By combining a fancy-pants Rancilio Silvia espresso machine, the multi-purpose Arduino micro-controller, a Wii nunchuk, and some seriously high-level hacking, Tim has created a one-of-a-kind ...

The nunchuck is meant to plug into a Wii controller and the connection is I 2 C, so that’s trivial to interface to an Arduino or other small microcontroller. The only issue is making the connection.

He updated his NES controlled Silvia to become a Wii nunchuck controlled (via Arduino) Silvia. That said, his last couple of blog posts have me questioning just how much espresso he’s been drinking.

The Arduino is used to send gate signals to the Monotron, and by varying the voltage levels it changes the pitch. In the second demo, the Nunchuk is used to more intuitively control the Monotron ...

A rumor going around says that an upgraded, wireless nunchuk controller will be released; instead of the Wiimote and nunchuk being tethered together, you will be able to plug a wireless adaptor ...