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Smart Vending System

Connected vending fleet with payment terminals, thermal printers, BLE peripherals, and real-time remote management.

Retail / Vending

Client Context

A regional vending operator needed to modernize 200+ machines with cashless payments, remote monitoring, and reduced service visits.

Challenge

  • Legacy machines with incompatible hardware interfaces
  • No centralized view of inventory or machine health
  • High cost of on-site troubleshooting

Solution

  • Built an Android-based controller app integrating payment terminals and thermal receipt printers
  • Implemented BLE communication with peripheral sensors and RFID product tagging
  • Deployed MQTT-based telemetry to a cloud dashboard for sales, temperature, and fault alerts
  • Enabled remote price updates and planogram changes without truck rolls

Technology Highlights

Mobile

  • Kotlin
  • Android SDK
  • Jetpack Compose
  • BLE / NFC / RFID

IoT

  • MQTT
  • Edge gateway
  • OTA configuration

Cloud

  • Real-time dashboard
  • Alerting
  • REST APIs

Outcomes

35%

Service visits reduced

78%

Cashless adoption

Real-time

Fleet visibility

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