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The coin hopper I have is a really basic generic one. I got it with the intention of rolling my own solution. Its just a motor that turns a disk with holes the size of coins. Then an optical sensor where the coins get pushed out.

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Hey Luukvg. I'm sure anything is possible. From what I have seen the ipac\pac drive is for reading signals. So you could read the coin out signal through the ipac\pac drive. However you still need something to pwm your hopper. As with mine if the hopper has power it is spitting out coins.

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Here is a pic of my final setup. In the dark, with the buttons lighting up with the FM
 

If you want any of the rest of my code. Like reading the coins to output after the MFME closes or even my rip on the sniffing the emulators memory to find realtime payouts I don't mind sharing. I do warn you it is all purpose built for my cabinet. Just let me know!

Shout out to majoris for that idea and his awesome fruit squeezer. https://www.fruit-em...zer#entry320465

Yeah I did get to use the arduino with the hopper. There is a signal wire coming from the hopper. You can count the amount of coins output by the changes of signal on that wire. Also the arduino has a serial connection to a computer. You can communicate in text over serial. So I sent a coded message something like. Coin:10. The arduino would read that message. Start the hopper. Then count 10 signals from the hopper and turn the hopper off. I regulated power to the hopper using an extension cord I cut myself and put a relay on it. Connected the relay to a pin on the arduino. When the arduino puts power on the pin the relay closes and gives power to the hopper. Lastly if the hopper takes more than 3 seconds to spit out a coin. I assume the hopper is empty and turn it off.

I don't know if there is a better way to share this on this site. So here is a paste of my arduino hopper code.
https://pastebin.com/xeAdEqxZ