<div dir="ltr">Hello, I'm Les from Blackpool LUG<div><br></div><div>Interesting idea you have can I just ask</div><div><br></div><div>1. Will the user insert coins to trigger a credit, for example like playing a fruit machine?</div><div>2. Once they have credit will they have another method of input with the jukebox?</div><div>3. Once they use the method of input, a credit is deducted?</div><div><br></div><div>There are plenty of coin mechanisms available, I would steer clear of the Chinese knock offs as they are a bit picky. Most coin mechanisms require calibration, so that they can correctly identify coins.</div><div>If you can get a second hand arcade coin mechanism..great! But... it will need a 12V power supply, so if you want to interface the coin mechanism with an Arduino or Raspberry Pi, then you will need a relay or opto-isolator to protect the Arduino/Pi from the harmful 12V power supply.</div><div>When I did it I used a relay :)</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks</div><div>Les</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Dec 6, 2014 at 3:42 PM, tom bruton <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tombruton87@googlemail.com" target="_blank">tombruton87@googlemail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr">Not yet there are a few different kinds and they send out different signals so not sure what is the best to get be able to use the input from </p><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">
<div class="gmail_quote">On 6 Dec 2014 15:21, "Philip Newborough" <<a href="mailto:corenominal@corenominal.org" target="_blank">corenominal@corenominal.org</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On Sat, Dec 6, 2014 at 3:16 PM, tom bruton <<a href="mailto:tombruton87@googlemail.com" target="_blank">tombruton87@googlemail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> What date is the next lug will see if I am back, all I'm looking to do is<br>
> that when somebody puts a coin in the slot it presses a key on the keyboard<br>
> depending on the coin<br>
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The next LUG meeting is on the 17th of December.<br>
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Do you already have the coin mech?<br>
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Philip<br>
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