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coin mech question - looking for a coin mech that will accept any coin.
Fozzy The Bear:
--- Quote from: michelevit on April 08, 2006, 03:49:40 pm ---has anyone been able to find a coin mech that easiily will take any coin (penny, nickel, dime, quarter)
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Happs IL Universal System coin door and mech will do that for you,
If you want, it will give you different outputs for each coin type that you put into it OR it can even be set to give pulsed outputs on the same line.... So for example you can have a quarter give you one game, and putting a dollar in give you six games.
However!! The downside is that they are very expensive and I'm not sure that Happs list them in the retail catalog. They are however available to trade... I know, becuase we use them in the arcade I work for. You might need to ask a Happs dealer to order them. I'm also not 100% certain that they're not a European only unit.... Need to check that out.
Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)
michelevit:
--- Quote from: hanelyp on April 10, 2006, 11:05:55 pm ---Accept any coin as 1 credit? Like a slot and optical sensor and no coin sorter? ;D
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that would be great. how do i build such a cool optical sensor?
sounds like something that would trip a beam of light as the coin
falls past it.
that is exactly what i want to do.
quarterback:
--- Quote from: michelevit on April 12, 2006, 11:34:46 am ---
--- Quote from: hanelyp on April 10, 2006, 11:05:55 pm ---Accept any coin as 1 credit? Like a slot and optical sensor and no coin sorter? ;D
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that would be great. how do i build such a cool optical sensor?
sounds like something that would trip a beam of light as the coin
falls past it.
that is exactly what i want to do.
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It would be easier (or, just as easy) to hook up a microwitch to a chute. It's been done before. I've seen examples made out of cardboard and one out of plastic. If I can find the URLs, I'll post them.
The only downside to this is that you lose the sound of the coin going through the mech.
quarterback:
--- Quote from: quarterback on April 12, 2006, 11:50:45 am --- I've seen examples made out of cardboard and one out of plastic. If I can find the URLs, I'll post them.
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Scroll down about 2/3rds of the way on this page to see "The $.02 Coin Mech Hack" made out of plastic and JB Weld
http://www.licoricepizza.com/fantastic4.html
Scroll halfway down this page to see one made out of duct tape and masking tape:
http://www.licoricepizza.com/msdonkeyman.html
Here's one made out of a funnel, pvc pipe and a coffee can
http://www.webbpage.net/jukebox/const.htm
hanelyp:
--- Quote from: michelevit on April 12, 2006, 11:34:46 am ---
--- Quote from: hanelyp on April 10, 2006, 11:05:55 pm ---Accept any coin as 1 credit? Like a slot and optical sensor and no coin sorter? ;D
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that would be great. how do i build such a cool optical sensor?
sounds like something that would trip a beam of light as the coin
falls past it.
that is exactly what i want to do.
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There are ready made sensors for a few $$$. You need a 'DIGITAL SLOT OPTOSCHMITT SENSOR'. http://rocky.digikey.com/scripts/ProductInfo.dll?Site=US&V=480&M=HOA0961-N51 looks suitable for the job. If you use non matrixed switches to ground, the output from the sensor should connect direct to the encoder. Otherwise some digital logic is needed.
Note this is going entirely by theory and datasheet, as I haven't done it myself yet.