Arduino cocktail machine
By Ben Everard. Posted
This article was originally published as part of HackSpace magazine, which has since been incorporated into Raspberry Pi Official Magazine.
Christmas is coming, which is a good excuse to gather socially and drink fermented vegetable products. And what better way than via this Arduino-powered cocktail dispenser, which features a rotary encoder for navigating the cocktail menu, a TFT screen, laser-cut plywood and plastic body, and an Archimedes screw to give your beverage just the right amount of ice. It’s brilliant: so brilliant that we’ve asked Sven to tell us all about how he built it in the next issue of HackSpace.

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Ben is the Editor of HackSpace magazine. When not wrangling words, he enjoys cycling, gardening, and attempting to identify wild mushrooms.
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