Materials for RVM
we are working on a reverse vending machine which, when a bottle is inserted, provides access to WiFi or internet connection. Our problem is that we don't know how to start and what materials we need to provide. Also, someone suggested that it would be better if we use Arduino because it can be programmed. We also have a Piso WiFi system that we plan to use to provide the internet connection. We hope you can help us.
ESP32 boards make it pretty easy to use WiFi, and there are lots of examples at RandomNerdTutorials.com
Making the bottle accepting machine should be a big challenge, and that part of the effort does not depend at all on the microprocessor used to access the WiFi.
were new to this field and we are not familiar with the materials and procedure we need.
It would be a good idea to find an advisor in your area with a lot of mechanical engineering experience.
what other materials we can use?
Please show us a drawing of what you are making. How large will it be? How much will it weigh? Do you think making it of wood would be good? What material do you have to make the machine with? Will your machine be electrical powered with motors, etc. or will it be manually powered by hand cranking?
And, what's in the bottle?
-jim lee
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You might start by writing a system requirement specification to tailor the requirements to the Arduino world.
The simplest mechanical setup would be like a parcel locker.
Open door, deposit item, close door, verify using weight, size or color etc. , then give money.
we are making a reverse vending machine that exchanges plastic bottles for wifi connection and we are gonna use a photoresistor and laser sensor to detect if the bottles have been inserted. we already have a fully functioning pisowifi with an orange pi as its microprocessor, our problem is how are we gonna connect our sensor setup to the pisowifi? the pisowifi has a relay module connected to a coin slot in the pisowifi. what can we do?
Carefully study the documentation for each of the components, and come up with a circuit that allows them to safely communicate with each other, and carry out their various tasks.
If you have specific questions, spend some time studying the "How to get the best out of this forum" post, linked at the head of every forum category, and follow the instructions on how to post them.
I have merged your topics due to them having too much overlap on the same subject matter @trix000.
In the future, please only create one topic for each distinct subject matter and be careful not to cause them to converge into parallel discussions.
The reason is that generating multiple threads on the same subject matter can waste the time of the people trying to help. Someone might spend a lot of time investigating and writing a detailed answer on one topic, without knowing that someone else already did the same in the other topic.
Thanks in advance for your cooperation.
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