Smart Beacon for Vending Machine

Our client is a provider of Vending Machine BLE based payments in the Japan market. They established themselves into the Market with a Linux based IoT beacon that cost approximately $200 based on a design provided by their manufacturing house. They on several occasions attempted to reduce the cost of the beacons but were unable to get the board house to design a significantly cheaper alternative. Up&Up took their requirements and produced a new design that provided a $70 per unit replacement that provided all current needs in a unit that was also 1/3 the size.