Pet Feeding Machine

It's a pet feeder. I have used microchip micro-controller and picbasic pro compiler to control the timer and motor operation.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• pet
• feeder
• microcontroller
• timer
• pic
• student
• project
• UCLA
• mechanical
• design
• dog
• cat
• food

[brantwinter]

would you be able to share your ideas / photos of the mechanical design ?? mine keeps jamming on the dry food pellets !

[kbruin79]

@brantwinter

This does jam too, it's not perfect. Food sometimes get stuck between the drum and the tube.

[wellewill1]

how much for timer



[kbruin79]

@wellewill1

it does have timer chip, i believe it was made by maxim ~ $5

[LinhaVioletaLda]

hi could you help me with the parts that i need to build this system. i would like to make a chicken feed.

[kbruin79]

@LinhaVioletaLda

Sorry for the late reply. Most of the parts we got were from the surplus store. A lot of the work is on the programing side and wiring the circuit board.

Here is a list of parts used on this project:

A pic micro-controller.

H-bridge that actuates the food release mechanism.

A real time clock that keeps track of the time. It communicates over I2C protocol with the microcontroller.

An encoder mounter on the motor shaft with an optical encoder.

A serial LCD screen from seetronics

[creativeann1]

cool!