Abstract:

  A system of phone-card payment for vending machine is designed based on the technology of RF-UIM card for cell-phone and the wireless communication technology

of CDMA. The design achieved the network monitoring function to the vending machine payment, not only in place of the original vending machine payment by bill, but also achieved

the network monitoring functions for vending machine system. Mostly combining with the module of RF-UIM card, the system  built a platform for phone-card payment to achieve the

vending machine payment by checking the phone card. The feasibility of the design is confirmed by experiments, so it has a broad application prospects in the vending machine

industry.

Key words: vending machine, payment by phone-card, RF-UIM