Hello, I'm trying to make a project that involves a ticket dispenser (the one used in Arcade games, like CLE CL-002Q-386) using Arduino UNO for work. But it's something that so far, I don't really find any Arduino UNO uses involving ticket dispenser on my Internet searches.
So can I ask for some basic tutorials on using a ticket dispenser with Arduino UNO? Either a link or directly explaining a working program code here. Basic level tutorial is just like, how to use the program to make the dispenser work and slide tickets, and how to give different pulses to slide different numbers of tickets. Similar to for example, basic ones like LED or IR Sensor.
How hard could it be? You have four wires and two of those are +12V and Ground. The other two are 'IN' and 'OUT'. I expect that one lets you know if you run out of tickets and the other takes a pulse to tell it to dispense a ticket.
What is the voltage at IN and OUT when the dispenser is empty?
What is the voltage at IN and OUT when the dispenser is ready?
I expect that in one case one of the pins will have a positive voltage (5V or 12V) and in the other case, that same pin will have 0V. That pin would be the output that tells you if you are out of tickets.
The other pin will be the input. Does a ticket dispense if you connect the input to Ground?
Actually the 270 variant also can work fine as a spec, the only difference between the 270 and 386 variant is their looks and shape. Both devices work fundamentally the same as ticket dispensers.
You need to get a document explaining exactly what signals / protocol / voltage / current is expected as an input and what you get as an output
Without that it’s a shot in the dark - you could play with it and try to understand and reverse engineer what’s going on (it’s probably not rocket science) but you risk to damage the unit along the way…
