Finally, the SPOILED GUMBALL

JUMP for me!

All-in-one box

Speaker Installation

The two speakers we hacked the other day were actually mounted onto the left side and right side of the walls inside the stand.
We created a small gap between the speakers and the walls. That, perhaps, could prevent the sounds being absorbed or blurred out by the foam-made walls.

Wiring the soldeoids

After the initial testing, we found out that wiring and soldering the solenoids inside the tube is extremely hard. It's just the problem that our fingers are too big to fit in and solder the wires to the solenoids inisde that narrow tube. So then I decided to cut the tube in half so that we could solder all the wires onto the solenoids but at the same time we would not need to make the holes too large. If the holes for solenoids are too large then they may not be able to hold the solenoids in place.

Construction 1: Solenoids Positioning

We talked to Danny two weeks ago, and he suggested us to use solenoids instead of motors for blocking and releasing the gumballs. Shown in the pictures above, we were finding out the best position to place the solenoids. The best way to hold the soleniods would be making holes onto the main tube inside the gumball machine. The wires that connected to the solenoids and the main circuit board are also placed inside that tube. We taped those wires along side of the column tube, that will prevent the coins getting stuck with the wires.

More Soldering, putting them togther

Soldering 2

Soldering

We just completed our circuit. It's time for us to solder all the components together. As mentioned early, we have 3 major boards, so we each in charge of one of them.

The final circuit

So we set up 3 boards. The major function for the first board is for the PIC chip. Another one is mainly for PIEZO sensor. And the last board is for the 3 solenoids. We also got an external supply for our circuit.

Hacking the Apple's Mic

We got this Apple micophone for $3 online. And then we hacked it today.

Sounds Capturing for our CD

Special Thanks to Josh Dickens & Megan
With the help from Josh and Megan, we recorded over 100 phrases. At the end we choosed the best 11 to become our final gumball tracks and they will be used to interact with users. The 11 tracks are as the followings:

Track1:
Introduction: "Yum, the quarter was good. Buf if you really want some candy, you gotta play with me."
Track2:
"If you love me, jump for me."
Track 3:
"Do you call that a jump? Come on. You can do better".
Track 4:
"Good job."
Track 5:
"If you really want some candy, pet!"
Track 6:
"That's it. I need more. More. More!More!!"
Track 7:
ahh! That was good, honey-boney!"
Track 8:
"I need to hear you say it. Whisper softly into the coin return how much you love me!"
Track 9:
"Ohh baby, say it again!"
Track 10:
"Oh baby I love you!!"
Track 11:
"You are my hero! Here's your candy! Come back soon. I'll miss you."