We all heard of rumors about LM's new programmable pressure profiling machine. Now, apparently, it has a name and a few flickr photos; plus a video too!

So, H-B's, fess up, someone got to know more about this monster!
photo source:http://www.flickr.com/photos/43733863@N ... 341493624/

Hi c,

thanks for the links glad to see how it looks like inside. I had a visit at the Firenze factory today, but unfortunately they had some of the stuff packed as they moved recently to a new location and the new Strada was part of that stuff. I talked to Piero Bambi a little bit about the machine and sounds like it's quite similar to the Hydra, sort of three separate machines in one frame (three pumps/group-boilers). I think it uses the TMFR pump but due to various cirumstances I couldn't really confirm that. The pre-production unit will be shown during the Milano Out of the Box show on the 23rd of October, or something like that. Anyone going?

I've noticed on this photo:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/43733863@N ... 341493624/

that the paddle mechanism is a bit different. Anyone can confirm that the PCB tracks on top of it are actually a part of a variable resistor used to drive the TMFR pump? I had the same idea but was worried that the heat might screw up the precision of the resistor in my particular design (sampling and ADC).

Regards,
dsc.