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I wired up my Super Feeder (http://www.super-feeder.com/ http://www.super-feeder.com/) to a relay and C.H.I.P. (https://getchip.com/ https://getchip.com/). I wi

I wired up my Super Feeder (http://www.super-feeder.com/ http://www.super-feeder.com/) to a relay and C.H.I.P. (https://getchip.com/ https://getchip.com/). I wish I had multiple animals so I had an excuse to RFID it. So far these are the triggers: 1. I put a hall effect sensor and another C.H.I.P. on his exercise wheel (https://onefastcat.com/ https://onefastcat.com/) so it feeds him every few revolutions he runs (not sure if he's associated the two yet) 2. Alexa skill. 3. Daily 5am feeding to avoid the early morning hungry-cat-alarm-clock. 4. Hacked Amazon Dash button next to the bed (and IFTTT button on my phone) in case the 5am feeding isn't enough to silence the hungry-cat-alarm-clock. So yeah, I identify with this statement "You might say I’ve won this battle. However I just spent 20 hours armor-plating a cat feeder. I think we know who’s really in control here, don’t we?"

Segfaulter 10y ago
Do you know of any systems that portion out food by weight?
- tlrobinson 10y ago
  Super Feeder lets you adjust the duration of the feedings, which I think is pretty accurate, but you'll have to calibrate it for the desired weight, food size, etc. I added the relay because I wanted more control. Normally you use a wall outlet relay or timer but then you only have one preset duration, and there's a 10 minute reset interval between feedings.
shagie 10y ago
Rather than the hacked amazon dash button, have you seen the AWS IoT Button? https://aws.amazon.com/iotbutton/ https://aws.amazon.com/iotbutton/ That might be easier to work into the system on a future refactoring of the system.
- tlrobinson 10y ago
  Yeah, but the Dash buttons are $5, or free with the $5 credit towards the first purchase...
  - shagie 10y ago
    > Buy this AWS IoT Button for $19.95 and receive a $20.00 credit in your AWS account within 24 hours of your first press. If you are paying for any AWS, it's free too.

Segfaulter 10y ago

Do you know of any systems that portion out food by weight?

tlrobinson 10y ago
Super Feeder lets you adjust the duration of the feedings, which I think is pretty accurate, but you'll have to calibrate it for the desired weight, food size, etc. I added the relay because I wanted more control. Normally you use a wall outlet relay or timer but then you only have one preset duration, and there's a 10 minute reset interval between feedings.

shagie 10y ago

Rather than the hacked amazon dash button, have you seen the AWS IoT Button? https://aws.amazon.com/iotbutton/ https://aws.amazon.com/iotbutton/ That might be easier to work into the system on a future refactoring of the system.

tlrobinson 10y ago
Yeah, but the Dash buttons are $5, or free with the $5 credit towards the first purchase...
- shagie 10y ago
  > Buy this AWS IoT Button for $19.95 and receive a $20.00 credit in your AWS account within 24 hours of your first press. If you are paying for any AWS, it's free too.