r/ArduinoProjects • u/No-Peanut2334 • 10d ago
Project Discussion Smart drinks dispenser.
Hi everyone, for my final course project I was thinking of making a smart beverage dispenser, but I wanted to know if it's possible to do it using these materials and what it does.
The user inserts the coin and can select the quantity between two types of drink by displaying the percentage of each on the LCD screen.
It also allows the user to identify the cup size.
With the following materials:
\-2x 12 v pristaltic pumps
\-LCD 20X4
\-750ml container
1mm feed tube
\-moedeiro 12v
\-ultrasonic sensor
\-buzzer
\- power supply 12v/5A
\-2x MOSFETs
\-4xbottons(ok, Cancel ,Increase, To decrease )
\-esp32
\-Resistors
\-breadboard
\-Wooden structure
If there's anything missing that could affect the project, please let me know so I can get an idea :D
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u/gm310509 6d ago edited 6d ago
Is it possible to make a drink dispenser from those materials. Sure.
What would it do? (A question you quite literally asked in your post) I guess if you did it right, it would dispense drinks. Perhaps you need to rethink that question to better address what it is you are looking for in that question.
You might need more than one container though if you plan to allow people to select some sort of mixture of two different fluids.
I do not know what a moedeiro is. You also don't have a coin mechanism, but you could just detect the presence of a coin by it completing an electronic circuit or operating a switch or even the ultrasonic sensor of something rolling down a slot you make from the wood supply. But that won't always guarantee that it is a coin, it could be someone waving their hand through the mechanism or touching the wires together with another wire.