Soda Machine

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Creator:
JimShoe
Status:
Collecting Money
Born On:
11:54, 29 July 2010 (CDT)
Last Updated:
09:28, 14 October 2010 (CDT)

Overview

Soda machine for the shop

Requirements

  1. Working Machine
  2. Vend from use of USB key, kind of like the door.
  3. Ability to add money to a vending account, for use with USB key.
  4. Detect amount of product left in machine. (This would be fun to show off and piratical)


Machines

  1. $300
    • 5 drink
    • 1 price
    • Coin only
    • Can only
    • The manufacture is out of business,
    • Accomplishes #1 of our requirements
    • This machine
  2. $450
    • 6 different drinks
    • 1 price
    • Has older dollar reader
    • Can only
    • Accomplishes #1, #2 and #3 but only for $1 bills, #4 would be easily done though sensors I think
    • I believe it is actually this machine http://rldn.net/8A8
      • It had it's drink buttons across the top, near eye level arranged 2 down by 3 across, not like that machine --Brimstone 13:39, 29 July 2010 (CDT)
  3. $800 + a receipt for donation of $200
    • 9 drink
    • Multiple price
    • 10oz - 20oz
    • can or bottle
    • dollar reader
    • DEX control (meaning easily do all of our requirements)

Thoughts

  • Machine #2 would be good for us. We would need to do some hacking on it, like adding sensors to detect when a can is vended, possibly a new bill validator that takes higher bills. Machines 1 and 2 are big, ugly, but cheap. Machine 3 is only about 5 years old already has the sensors and everything in it for meeting our requirements, but costs twice as much.
  • One of the hackerspaces on the finances email list mentioned that drink sales made up a good chunk of their income. This would be a great investment, with or without hacks. --Omegix 13:05, 17 September 2010 (CDT)

Donations

  • $800 Machine
    • Kinsey - $200
    • Mog - $150
    • Matt - $50
    • Justin - $50
    • Tim - $50
    • Nathan - $50
    • Jeff - $50
    • Phil - $200

Total: $800