Vending machine control with improved vendor selector switch detection and decoding apparatus

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PATENT NO 4817010
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07020690

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A vending machine control with an improved vendor selector switch detection and decoding circuit is described which detects and decodes the closure of selector switches in a vending machine utilizing a low cost decoding arrangement. Each selector switch is associated with a corresponding impedance in a keyboard network so that a unique impedance is presented on a keyboard decode line from the keyboard network. Decode circuitry and a decode algorithm are also disclosed for a period based decoding scheme which compensates for various tolerances and environmental affects.

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MEI INC1301 WILSON DRIVE WEST CHESTER PA 19380

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Dobbins, Bob M Villanova, PA 42 1162

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