Pedometer Token Counter

[cmk8895]

In my everpresent quest to find modifications for our toys that are super cheap, I have been continuing my testing of various pedometers for token counters.

Thus far the results are not all that promising. The best I've been able to do is effectivly get a spin counter. The fasted pedometer I have been able to find thus far can count once for every 3-4 clicks of a token in / token out pulse. So when hooked to token in it just counts once for the 3 pulses, which give you a spin counter. That's actually not bad for token in because on most machines these days, you can only bet 3 tokens anyway. It doesn't help with token out, though.

I'm still testing out new pedometers as I find them, though, so I might find one that will help out all of us cheapos out there.

cmk

[logicprobe]

I found the same thing, cmk... just spins not tokens. And on the other side, just a payout... not how much.
My last thought was to possibly replace the crystal in the pedometer to a higher Mhz make that circuit run faster and maybe that would help. They are tiny little suckers, though.
Then, as usual, life sidetracked me.
If you give that a try, or come up with something else, let me know... I've got a scad of them puppies laying around here with nothing to count.

[cmk8895]

That's a good idea on the crystal. The one I just tried has the crystal hanging right off the edge, so it would be very easy to replace. I'll see if we have one at work....

Thanks for the idea.

cmk