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Automatic golf ball dispenser

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Maclarkson:
Hi there,

I managed to make a manual golf ball dispenser that I now want to automate.

Thing is I am happy with a soldering iron but have no clue about electronics. What can you great folks come up with.

Benta:
Why are you wasting time posting here?
You should be on the way to the Patent Office at 100 mph!!!

Maclarkson:
They already manufacture these admittedly at an extortionate price.

I was hoping to attach a solenoid to a vibration sensor pad you can put underneath or within the tee that would trigger the solenoid to open but the solenoid would need to open for at least a second with some ability to adjust this timing. That’s the electronics bit I am not too sure of.

JustMeHere:
Arduino, some type of button (foot switch), and a servo will do the job, but I don't think it would be much better than your gravity powered solution.  It will need batteries.  Yours doesn't.

Maclarkson:
Rather than a switch I would like to connect it up to vibration sensor switch. I don’t know what boards id need or how to program the Adrueno, is there something someone might be able to point me to. The reason why I want to move away from the leaver is that it moves the bucket. Gradually over time which means it loses alignment with the tee.

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