Home made automatic cocktail dispensing machine A DC motor is used to operate the optics. Each mixer has its own valve and individually controllable.
Most parties we have been to there is a good selection of spirits and mixers, but no one has the inclination to make cocktails. This project is designed to make it as simple as feasibly possible to get perfect cocktails every time without the hassle of looking up ingredients or measuring spirits and mixers. Grab a glass, fill with ice, select desired drink, and a few seconds later your cocktail is
ready, to finish it off give it a little stir. Spirits:
Vodka, Rum, Tequila, Gin, Coffee Liqueur, Coconut Rum, Peach Schnapps, Blue Curaçao
Cocktails:
The Inebriator – Signature cocktail of awesomeness spat into a glass...
Screw Driver - Vodka and Orange Juice
Hula-Hula - Gin, Triple Sec and Orange Juice
White Russian - Vodka, Coffee Liqueur and Milk
Tequila Sunrise - Tequila, Orange Juice and Grenadine
Soylent Green - Vodka, Blue Curacao and Orange Juice
Peach Dreamer - Rum, Peach Schnapps, Orange Juice and Grenadine
Cosmopolitan - Vodka, Triple Sec, Lemon and Cranberry Juice
Voodoo - Coconut Rum, Coffee Liqueur and Milk
Hawaiian Orange - Gin, Triple Sec, Orange and Tropical Fruit Juices
Sea Breeze - Vodka, Cranberry and Grapefruit Juice
Blue Lagoon - Vodka, Blue Curacao, Triple Sec and Tropical Fruit Juices
S*x on the Beach - Vodka, Peach Schnapps, Orange and Cranberry Juice
Nauajo - Tequila, Triple Sec, Lemon and Cranberry Juice
Perfect Parnum - Vodka, Peach Schnapps, Coconut Rum and Orange Juice
The techie stuff:
The Inebriator is powered by an Arduino Mega 2560 Microprocessor Project Board- Arduino is an open source electronics prototyping platform (http://arduino.cc)
A Hitachi HD44780 compatible display is used to allow display drink information, coupled with a couple of buttons to navigate the menu. A stepper motor is used to drive the drinks shelf, with acceleration and deceleration to allow high speed without spilling. All mixers are in plastic bottles in a cool box, each bottle has two pipes, one that is hooked to the gas tank (70% Nitrogen and 30% Carbon Dioxide), and the other goes from the bottom of the bottle to a valve. When the gas tank is opened (through a regulator) the bottles are pressurised to a low safe pressure. When 12v is applied to the valve it opens, and the pressure causes the liquid to flow through the pipe and ultimately into the glass. There is also a cut off valve for the gas supply. A force sensitive resistor is in place to detect the presence of a glass to prevent accidental operation. An RFID sensor is integrated to allow operators with a valid RFID token to get at admin functions such as priming of the mixers, and prevent inebriated users from accidentally causing chaos. There is a small cluster of RGB LEDs in the drinks tray to allow for illumination of the glass and is further used to indicate running and completion of dispensing a cocktail. There is also a small cluster of RGB LEDs in the top of each optic to illuminate each spirit.
