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Reivaxy edited this page Jul 31, 2022 · 5 revisions

Welcome to the iotFeeder wiki!

These pages will provide some help and suggestions to assemble the iotFeeder.

Here is a section view showing most of the design, and the main components.

Section View

The principle is simple: a stepper motor, driven by an ESP8266 board (not showing on the section view), rotates an archimedes' screw which carries the small fish food pelets from the bottom of the food tank to the outlet.

When the food falls through the outlet, it breaks an infrared ray which allows the ESP8266 to know that some food was actually dispensed, and to send a notification in case none was (needs an internet connection of course).

The infrared ray is only present during food dispensing.

The ESP8266 exposes two setting webpages:

  • one for the general settings of the module, which is used at initial setup, and seldom used afterwards.
  • one for the food dispensing scheduling.

If it's connected to internet through your ADSL, cable or fiber box, it can also record events in a firebase Database used for monitoring and alerting.

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