Case Story:

Company A develops commercial coffee vending solutions. They are modernizing and revitalizing their system by replacing their traditional mechanical interface and single color display with a digital touch screen. The new machine is expected to accommodate a wider range of product options and higher value specialty drinks, both hot and iced, in addition to the typical coffee or cocoa, strong or light, sugar or cream, merchandise selections.   These new vending machines will be placed in public areas such as work place break rooms, public cafeterias, auto dealer waiting rooms,  hotel lobbies, shopping centers, train stations, airports, and other public venues. This next generation automated vending machine offers customers vivid images of the various product options along with a user-friendly P-CAP touch interface similar to the customers’ tablets or smartphones making purchases a simple and pleasant experience.  For the vendor, adding this technology to their machines may help to expand same-store sales by delivering meaningful and attractive product information and providing a platform for delivering promotional content on the screens. Their requirements included:

Based on customer’s requirements, we proposed OFT-07W01 all-in-one open frame tablet equipped with Intel Atom Z3735F Quad Core processor onboard and a 7 inch PCAP flat touch screen with resolution up to 1280x800. This processor is optimized for tablet computing and brings valuable features such as an ultra slim design, fanless, low power consumption, multi-OS compatibility (Windows, Linux, and Android), and easy integration. Product features include:

• Intel Atom Z3735F Quad Core 1.33 GHz Processor onboard
• Onboard 2GB DDR3L RAM
• Onboard 32GB eMMC
• 7 inch Glass PCAP Touch support resolution up to 1280x800
• External I/O Interfaces:
• 1 x 10/100 Ethernet (PXE Boot)
• 1 x HDMI
• 2 x USB 2.0
• 1 x micro-USB Client (Android only)
• 2 x COM Ports (1 x RS232 and 1 x RS485)
• 1 x 12V DC Jack
• 1 x Micro SD Slot
• 1 x Head Phone Jack
• Touch board interface (Power/ Brightness/ Volume/ LED)
• 16Bit programmable GPIO
• Onboard Wi-Fi (802.11b/g/n) & Bluetooth 4.0
• Supports 12V-24V DC Input
• OS Support:Android, Linux, Windows 10
• Mounting Design: using mounting brackets
• Made in Taiwan

The OFT-07W01 is an off-the-shelf product and provides many features to fulfill most of the requirements of the next generation vending machines. This will not only help our clients saving development time and engineering costs, but also expedite time-to-market while reducing design risk.  If your projects require additional custom features, whether a complete new design or modifying our existing products, our Southern California based sales and engineering teams are ready to engage. For more information please contact us at BCMSales@bcmcom.com or visit us at www.bcmcom.com.

BCM is an associate member of Intel IoT Alliances. This membership opens a wider door for BCM to align closely with Intel® to better serve our clients in their use and adoption of Intel® embedded architecture.  As an Intel® Internet of Things Solutions Alliance Associate member, BCM stays technologically connected in receiving early access to the latest Intel® technical roadmaps, test platforms, design support, and business objectives.  Additionally, our R&D engineers and account managers will be in a position to better serve our clients by further educating themselves about the latest Intel® embedded technologies by actively participating in Intel® training, market development programs, and other ecosystem activities. 

Product Page: http://www.bcmcom.com/bcm_product_OFT-07W01.htm
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