In recent years, integrated platforms equipped with microcontrollers (with Arduino probably being the best-known brand) have been gaining popularity.

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Using a single GPIO port on a microcontroller to control N bits of arbitrary parallel binary outputs, e.g., a multi-digital display.

A lot of making goes on in this community these days, but sometimes you’ve just gotta do some old fashioned hacking. You might have grabbed an old Speak and Spell that you want to repurpose ...

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Solder the neutral wire to the "110v AC neutral" pin on the bill acceptor. Solder the ground wire to the ground pin on the bill acceptor. Now make sure you insulate all locations where it's possible ...