Soda Machine

Creator: JimShoe Status: Research Born On: 11:54, 29 July 2010 (CDT) Last Updated: 11:54, 29 July 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
   • Co. is out of business,
   • Accomplishes #1 of our requirements
   • This mahcine http://rldn.net/2It

1. $450
   • 5 drink
   • 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

1. $800 + a receipt for donation of $200
   • 9 drink (I think)
   • Multiple price
   • 10oz - 20oz
   • can or bottle
   • dollar reader
   • dax 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 acceptor 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 out requirements, but costs twice as much.