What is the Real Deal? The Real Deal is an automatic card dealer that makes playing cards fun and easy. It deals so you don't have to!
How Does it Work? Simply slide a deck of cards into the slot on the back of The Real Deal and flip the power switch to get started. Then follow the prompts on the LCD. First, it will ask how many players are in this game. The default is one player and the maximum is ten players. Use the up ↑ and down ↓ arrows to choose the desired number of players and after pressing the enter button, the device will ask for the number of cards to be dealt to each player. Again, the default is one card. Once the desired number of cards is selected, press enter/start. After a short delay, the card dealer will begin dispensing cards to each player.
How Does it Work? Simply slide a deck of cards into the slot on the back of The Real Deal and flip the power switch to get started. Then follow the prompts on the LCD. First, it will ask how many players are in this game. The default is one player and the maximum is ten players. Use the up ↑ and down ↓ arrows to choose the desired number of players and after pressing the enter button, the device will ask for the number of cards to be dealt to each player. Again, the default is one card. Once the desired number of cards is selected, press enter/start. After a short delay, the card dealer will begin dispensing cards to each player.
The Guts of the Machine The acrylic body allows for easy prototyping and troubleshooting
The final design concept is based on a two-stage shooting mechanism. The first stage is comprised of a separation roller that slips one card off the top of the deck. A lip in front of the deck holds the rest of the cards back to ensure that only one card is removed from the deck at a time. In the second stage, this card is then fed through high-speed rollers that eject the card at the correct velocity to land in neat piles. To ensure that the deck of cards remains in contact with the separation roller, there is a spring loaded platform to lift the the deck into place as it depletes. There are three different motors used to actuate the system. In conjunction with a set of gears, the separation roller is driven by a stepper motor, the high-speed rollers are driven by a DC electric motor and the rotation of the system is driven by a continuous rotation servo. An Arduino microcontroller is programmed to attain precise control of all three motors simultaneously.
The final design concept is based on a two-stage shooting mechanism. The first stage is comprised of a separation roller that slips one card off the top of the deck. A lip in front of the deck holds the rest of the cards back to ensure that only one card is removed from the deck at a time. In the second stage, this card is then fed through high-speed rollers that eject the card at the correct velocity to land in neat piles. To ensure that the deck of cards remains in contact with the separation roller, there is a spring loaded platform to lift the the deck into place as it depletes. There are three different motors used to actuate the system. In conjunction with a set of gears, the separation roller is driven by a stepper motor, the high-speed rollers are driven by a DC electric motor and the rotation of the system is driven by a continuous rotation servo. An Arduino microcontroller is programmed to attain precise control of all three motors simultaneously.
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From left to right: [back] Branden Toro, Stefan Stevanovic, Joe Cicero, Bill Schmeisser, Anthony Castaneda, [front] Jeremy Gibbs, Joseph Krause, Robert La Rue