Upcoming shows/vending:

 

 

 

 

 

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"What is this? A vending machine for ants?!"

Oct 26, 2019: I've realeased the CAD files for this project. I'm no longer making kits and to keep this interest in this project I want everyone to have the ability to make it. This is a great STEAM project to get started in mechatronics and engineering. Happy making!

-Ryan

 

My very first proof-of-concept for the claw machine ran on servos. The current claw machine uses stepper motors and for the longest time I wanted to use these leftover servo motors in a project. A vending machine seemed like a good idea to match the mini arcades...

Honestly I was just messing around with this project and later carried away with the idea.

I read on the Arduino.cc site how adding the "duino" suffex to things translates poorly in Italian.. but VenDuino just sounded good. Sorry in advance.

 

 

If you wish to copy the build shown in my video, you will need some things aside from a microcontroller.  Here's a list of eveything else you may need.

 

Assembly Item Quantity Description
Body 1 1 Laser cut wood Body
Electronics 2 4 Parallax Servo Motor, Continuous Rotation
3 1 LED 5mm
4 1 DC-DC Stepdown Converter
5 4

16mm Momentary push button

OR 1 rotary encoder

6 1 Nokia 5110 LCD
7 1 74HC4050N Logic Level converter
8 1 BreadBoard
9 1 12V 2A DC Power Supply (5.1 x2.2 mm barrel)
10 1 5.1 x2.2 mm DC panel mount jack
11 3 misc wire, 1ft 22-24 AWG
12 1 12mm Power switch
13 1 F/F Dupont Jumper Wires, 30cm, 0.10" pitch
14 1 Male extra Long PCB headers, 0.10" pitch
15 1 12V LED strip, 30cm
       
Version 2 circuit diagram
VenDuino v2 Code
VenDuino_v0_44.rar
Compressed file archive [2.9 KB]


Version 2 CAD file. Use inkscape to convert to .eps or .PDF.

 

Venduino V2
Features rotary encoder to select item and room for an actual coin mechanism.
Vending Machine 4_slot v3.3.svg
Scalable vector image [286.1 KB]

VenDuino v1

The older venduino is below if you want to reference that design and use that code for 4 buttons in place of the encoder.


Version 1 code is below. Note: Please dont email me about "I cant get ____ to work".  It works, trust me. 

 

VenDuino_v0_32.docx
Microsoft Word document [12.9 KB]


Version 1 CAD file is below. Use inkscape to convert to .eps or .PDF.

 

Venduino v1.0
Features four individual buttons to make selections, coin slot to build your own coin detector.
Vending Machine v2_3.svg
Scalable vector image [54.9 KB]

Connection Summary aka "What goes where". This can be changed in the code; however servo connections usually require PWM dedicated pins.

 

 

I recently made this PCB to simplify all the electronics. It is basically an Arduino-complatible Uno clone board (ATMEGA 328P) with robust I/O connections and integrated LCD. Totally optional, but related. 

The Venduino PCB (optional)
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