# Hooking up a Toaster to Tulip (ESP32 + Machine Monitoring + Toaster)

**URL:** <https://community.tulip.co/t/hooking-up-a-toaster-to-tulip-esp32-machine-monitoring-toaster/5732>\
**Category:** Show and Tell\
**Created:** [July 5, 2022, 6:15pm UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/hooking-up-a-toaster-to-tulip-esp32-machine-monitoring-toaster/5732 "2022-07-05T18:15:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![freedman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.tulip.co/freedman/32/107_2.png) [@freedman](https://community.tulip.co/u/freedman)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2022, 6:15pm UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/hooking-up-a-toaster-to-tulip-esp32-machine-monitoring-toaster/5732/1 "2022-07-05T18:15:59Z")

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I’ve seen lots of old or custom equipment in factories and I’ve often heard that they simply cannot get online or into the cloud for simple Uptime / OEE calculations.

I decided to try to get an old machine from my kitchen into Tulip’s machine monitoring features. Watch this video to see how I hooked my old toaster to Tulip!

[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/agilemfg/original/2X/9/94602d6e5e8e5aa2b9101ca9f4ee1bd52488ba86.jpeg "OEE on a Toaster with Tulip and ESP32") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ez4Cby-4CYA)