published by MRE on Sat, 01/11/2014 - 22:14
After performing a demonstration of the version 0.9 code and hardware to the hackerspace a few months back, I finally got around to finishing up the major features, dressing it and calling it done (for now).
I admit to some lazyness, but the winter holidays played some part in my delay.
published by MRE on Sat, 08/17/2013 - 02:38
The purpose of this blog is to illustrate how to go about bringing up a project step by step.
In this step of the THS Membership Box, we wire up the bill acceptor to the Arduino and start some very simple Arduino code.
The bill acceptor output is a pulse, which starts high, then drops to a logic low for a short period of time before returning to high. I have already set the bill acceptor and tested it to output 1 pulse per 1000 yen. Thus, a 1000 yen bill outputs 1 pulse, a 5000 yen bill outputs 5 pulses and a 10000 yen bill outputs 10 pulses.
published by MRE on Sat, 07/27/2013 - 06:14
That smily faced slot is a bill acceptor. It is mounted in a box, which will soon be a membership payment system for the Tokyo HackerSpace.
A while back, I ordered a NV10USB bill acceptor, made by Innovative Technology. They are in the UK, but I ordered the machine from a retailer in China.
