Building My Own JukeBox, What do I need?

[ajMatus]

Hi Everyone,

I'm thinking of building my own juke box with a pay per song feature, meaning a coin acceptor, what tools would I need? Has anyone gone through this process?

I've sent to purchase a CanaKit Raspberry Pi 2 Complete Starter Kit, and I was thinking of the Ch-926 Multi Coin Mech Acceptor since I saw it on this forum? Would they work, does anyone have links on the necessary steps that I need to take as in assembling them together? What software would best work for this?

This is my first time on the forum, and I decided to ask here since it seemed to be the best I could find on the web.

[jennifer]

    Tech in even a old juke is amazing to me, state of the art cutting edge for its day (I would really consider rebuilding one over reinventing the wheel). At least as far as the credit unit/BOAC is concerned, starting there and working backwards.... Btw welcome friend.

[yotsuya]

Hi Everyone,

I'm thinking of building my own juke box with a pay per song feature, meaning a coin acceptor, what tools would I need?

If you're putting it in a commercial site, make sure you have a good lawyer.

Or this: http://www.ascap.com/licensing

[ajMatus]

Naw bro, no need for lawyers. I'm over here in Central America so nothing complicated "as yet" with all the paper work etc. Still feel though if I could get it to work with a pc or raspberry pi would be way better than a juke box, easy access easy input and higher compilations of music. Just my thoughts.

[yotsuya]

Naw bro, no need for lawyers. I'm over here in Central America so nothing complicated "as yet" with all the paper work etc. Still feel though if I could get it to work with a pc or raspberry pi would be way better than a juke box, easy access easy input and higher compilations of music. Just my thoughts.

My home juke uses "credits" for nostalgia sake, so I'm not worried about stuff like that either. It's in my home and will never be elsewhere.

To do the credits, I used a Minimus AVR with the KADE firmware so that it acts as a keyboard. I used a simple rolldown mech, so when someone puts in a coin, it sends a number "5" keypress to the computer, and provides 3 credits to DWJukebox. I was using a keyboard hack, but the hack was janky and not always reliable. The AVR is much, much better.