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BYOAC Custom tokens - optical coin mech?
saint:
For those contemplating tokens but concerned about the size of the token vs. their coin mech -- anyone thought about building one of these circuits?
http://www.oscarcontrols.com/coinswitch/
mp2526:
Doesn't this just replace the coin switch? Wouldn'y you still need the mech unless of course you replaced it with sometype of straight shoot?
Knoxximus:
You keep the coin mech....it's just that coin size doesn't matter anymore. Hell, ANY coin you put it will register since all your doing is breaking a light beam.
Chris:
--- Quote from: Knoxximus on May 16, 2004, 03:32:30 pm ---You keep the coin mech....it's just that coin size doesn't matter anymore. Hell, ANY coin you put it will register since all your doing is breaking a light beam.
--- End quote ---
But the coin still needs to make it through the mech. If the coin ends up in the reject chute it won't break the beam.
mp2526:
--- Quote from: Chris on May 16, 2004, 05:37:47 pm ---
--- Quote from: Knoxximus on May 16, 2004, 03:32:30 pm ---You keep the coin mech....it's just that coin size doesn't matter anymore. Hell, ANY coin you put it will register since all your doing is breaking a light beam.
--- End quote ---
But the coin still needs to make it through the mech. If the coin ends up in the reject chute it won't break the beam.
--- End quote ---
Right, which was my point when I asked the question. The mech adjustment is really the hard part, although I do like the idea of an optical switch.