IoT Based smart vending machine for sanitary pad.
Periods are a normal and natural thing yet there is no end to the shame and embarrassment about periods among the girls of our country. Girls in our country often go to buy sanitary pads from shops and are subjected to physical abuse including mental abuse. As a result, many people are reluctant to buy pads from the shop, which is why many girls do not use sanitary pads that’s why girls suffer from a variety of problems, including infections. A girl can easily collect pads as per her need the help of an IoT-based smart vending machine for sanitary pads. To collect the pad, the customer has to pay 10 TK (0.12$) inside his nearest machine for which he can easily get a sanitary pad. As a result, she will not have to go in public to buy sanitary pads, and no girl will be bullied by a naughty boy. Even if the pad runs out through the machine, the machine itself will inform us through SMS that the pad in it has run out, he has to give the pad.
We have already set up our machine in a garment factory with several educational institutions and we are getting very good response from there. Because a girl can collect sanitary pads from her workplace during her period for only 10 TK (0.12$) and also Our Vending machine can be made at a very low cost, it's supported by original money and digital money and this machine using system is very easy.
Uniqueness
1. Our vending machine is the first vending machine in Bangladesh that can sell sanitary pads for the original money.
2. Our vending machine is IoT based which allows the data of all our machines to be viewed from a single server.
3. If the pad runs out through the vending machine, our vending machine itself will inform us through SMS that the pad in it has run out, he has to give the pad.
4. Our Vending machine is supported by original money and digital money. 5. Our vending machines are very easy to use.
6. Our machines can be made at a very low cost.
7. If someone try to steal your Vending machine, the machine will notify the owner automatically via SMS. and My vending machine solves a big problem in Bangladesh.
Our machine is a very high-quality machine because the parts used in our machine are:- 1. DIP-28 IC (ATMEGA328P-PU)
2. TCS3200 Color Sensor
3. OV7670 Camera Sensor
4. DC Motor 24v GB37RG 12v dc gear motor eccentric shaft 520 dc motor
5. Servo SG90
6. ESP32-DEVKITC-32U
7. LM393 Chip slot motor measuring comparator speed sensor
8. Plastic Board etc