GIGABYTE Launches Its New Intelligent Vending Solution – May 04, 2015– Taipei, Taiwan (Techreleased) – Vending machines are going high tech, with built-in digital signage, encrypted transactions over Internet, and interactive touchscreens. These innovative adoptions are expected to benefit vending operators with more efficient management and may bring in a new income source from advertising and other emerging business models.
– The GB-TCV1A vending machine controller associated with a vending machine API providing a level of abstraction that allows vending operators to focus on high level applications, such as user interface.
GB-BXBT-3825 IoT Gateway
GB-TCV1A Vending Machine Controller
In the heart of GIGABYTE Intelligent Vending Solution is the GB-TCV1A computer powered by an Intel® Atom™ E3815 single-core processor. It delivers high I/O connectivity such as HDMI output for digital advertising, LVDS for low cost touch screen, USB 2.0/3.0 for printing and other consumer-level interactions. The GB-TCV1A associated with the vending machine API provides a consistent programming interface regardless of the underlying hardware. It helps the application to work across disparate machines and all functionality and features are developed as plug-ins and installed to the platform. It enables the vending machines to be capable of:
The GC-SSP Vending Machine I/O Expansion Board
The GC-SSP Vending Machine I/O Expansion Board offers a broad range of vending interfaces to scale to both newer interactive vending platforms as well as traditional vending machines. It handles protocol conversion and provides a high-level of I/O flexibility.
We provide the innovative solution an all-in-one, off-the-shelf, and deployment-ready stack to reduce the overall investment risk to our customers, and since most of the engineering work is done, they can focus on market differentiation, such as to facilitate the implementation of new revenue generating models.