Forlinx FET3568-C SoM: The Efficient and Intelligent Main Control Choice for Vending Machines

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1. Product Description

Vending machines, combining modern technology with the idea of convenient shopping, have become essential in our lives. It breaks through the constraints of time and space, providing us with round-the-clock uninterrupted product purchasing services. Whether in busy transportation hubs or quiet residential areas, you can always find its presence.

2. Components:

• Body Compartment: Made from high-strength, corrosion-resistant metal materials to ensure the stability and durability of the vending machine. The warehouse's interior is well-designed and can be adjusted according to the size of the goods to maximize the use of storage space.
• Payment System: Integrated with multiple payment methods including coins, bills, card swiping, and mobile payments, satisfying various consumer payment needs.
• Display and operation: HD touchscreen shows product information and purchase process, simplifying steps to enhance user experience.
• Product Delivery System: Uses precise mechanics and sensors for accurate, fast delivery to the outlet after payment.
• Communication Management System: Enables real-time monitoring, sales data analysis, and remote fault diagnosis and repair of vending machines via wireless network.

Business Logic Topology

The vending machine's main control system acts as its operational core, akin to its "brain", overseeing and coordinating each module's functions. With the ongoing development of IoT, big data, and AI, automation has become an inevitable trend in the vending machine industry. This has led to new demands for the main control systems, focusing on:

• Core Controller: It is essential to choose a stable, reliable, and high-performance core controller to ensure the overall logic control and data processing capabilities of vending machines.
• Device Stability: It requires 24/7 uninterrupted operation, necessitating high stability and durability in both hardware and software. Specifically, the software system should have fault self-check and automatic recovery capabilities.
• Scalability and Compatibility: To meet various scenarios and demands, the main control system of vending machines needs to be scalable. As products evolve, the main control system should be compatible with new hardware and software standards.
• Payment Security: As payment methods diversify, ensuring the security of the payment process has become increasingly important. Vending machines need to guard against various security threats, such as data breaches and fraudulent activities.
• AI Integration: Vending machines need to have intelligent recognition capabilities and data analysis abilities to recommend products based on users' purchasing preferences.

FET3568-C system on module(SoM) from Forlinx Embedded Systems offers high performance, low power consumption, and rich functionality, making it ideal for vending machines for these reasons:

• Powerful Performance: FET3568-C SoM is based on the Rockchip RK3568 processor, which features a quad-core 64-bit Cortex-A55 architecture with a clock speed of up to 2.0GHz. It supports lightweight edge AI computing and delivers strong computational and processing capabilities. Such performance meets the high demands of logic control and data processing for vending machine control systems, ensuring efficient and stable operation of the vending machines.
• Rich Interfaces and Expandability: The FET3568-C SoM offers 3 x PCIe slots, 4 x USB ports, 3 x SATA3.0 controllers, and 2 x Gigabit Ethernet ports. It supports 5 x display interfaces including HDMI2.0, eDP, LVDS, RGB Parallel, and MIPI-DSI, with up to three simultaneous display outputs. These interfaces provide great convenience for expanding the functionality of vending machines, enabling customized development to meet various scenarios and requirements.
• Multi-OS Support: FET3568-C SoM supports multiple operating systems including Linux, Android 11, Ubuntu, and Debian 11. This flexibility allows developers to choose the most suitable operating system according to actual needs, thereby simplifying the software development process and improving development efficiency. Meanwhile, Forlinx Embedded has made numerous optimizations in software, such as introducing a 4G watchdog process. This design ensures that the 4G communication function can automatically recover after a disconnection, significantly improving the stability and reliability of the vending machine's network communication.
• Advanced Security: In terms of security, the FET3568-C hardware can integrate encryption chips and trusted root modules. These hardware-level security measures provide solid protection for system information security. The ability to verify software integrity and authenticity from the hardware level effectively prevents the intrusion of malicious software and the risk of system tampering.
• High Stability: FET3568-C has undergone rigorous environmental temperature testing, stress testing, and long-term stability operation testing, ensuring stable and reliable performance in various terminals and operational environments. This is crucial for vending machines that require 24/7 uninterrupted operation, as it can significantly reduce failure rates and enhance user experience.

In summary, the FET3568-C SoM not only features robust performance and stability, but also offers flexible operating system options, optimized software design, rich interfaces, and powerful expandability. These features make it an ideal choice for vending machine control solutions, capable of meeting the evolving needs of the industry.