[Lab] now just a discussion of how to feed pets - was Arduino Workshop Progress

[Justin]

My understanding is that the petid chips require the reader to be too close 
to be functional for this purpose.

Maybe rfid tags on their collars (if they allow themselves to be collared).

Here is a discussion of this, with two instructable links, and once on 
instructables, there are some additional links to similar projects.

https://groups.google.com/forum/m/#!topic/lvl1/ZQJmjow8ad4

Make magazine link, but their project looks really awkward.
http://makezine.com/projects/automatic-pet-feeder/

I like this one for the ability to dispense smaller quantities of food.
http://drstrangelove.net/2013/12/raspberry-pi-power-cat-feeder-updates/
You could combine that with an rfid reading system. I don't know about your 
cats, but mine tend to only eat about 4 kibble at a time, so the machine 
would have to acknowledge which cat it was and add the 4 kibble to that 
cat's counter. Obviously, a distribution of food that doesn't leave them 
eating all their kibble before 9am would also be ideal.

I really like this project, and am living vicariously through you because 
my girlfriend isn't willing to let the cats' food be dependent on a robot 
that I've built.   Come on out to a modlab night, and we can brainstorm 
this further.




On March 25, 2014 7:01:45 AM Olaf Baumann <olaf.baumann at pobox.com> wrote:

> I haven't looked into that yet but the recent 5am foody calls are starting
> to motivate me to find an automated solution.  I would need a per/cat
> solution as one of them tends to overeat.  I wonder if I could have a set
> of three gates--each unlocked by their pet ID chips.
>
> --
> Olaf
>
>
>
> On 24 March 2014 07:14, Justin <justin at slootsky.org> wrote:
>
> >   Have you seen the devices that auto feed from a larger hopper?
> >
> > On March 24, 2014 6:55:46 AM Olaf Baumann <olaf.baumann at pobox.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Thanks for the clarification on in the intended audience.  I'll keep
> >> watching the list for any workshops that are suited to my level.
> >>
> >> Project ideas?  Anything that helps us to serve our feline overlords
> >> would be of use.  Aside from that, I've been thinking of making a
> >> persistence-of-vision scoreboard for my ultimate games.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Olaf
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On 21 March 2014 16:11, Justin Slootsky <justin at slootsky.org> wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>> Thank you everybody who is interested in this workshop.  When Darcy and
> >>> I were talking, we envisioned that this first course was going to be a
> >>> truly beginner's workshop.  If you've run blink on an Arduino, you might
> >>> already be too advanced.  If you've built any other project on an Arduino,
> >>> you're definately too advanced.
> >>>
> >>> Your interest is exciting though, it tells us that our thoughts might be
> >>> along the right lines.  We already have ideas for future workshops that
> >>> will build upon what this one teaches, and those *will* be suitable for
> >>> someone who has run blink or their own simple project before.
> >>>
> >>> Olaf:  Considering that you have already built projects, what types of
> >>> things were you hoping to get out of a workshop?  We can keep this in mind
> >>> for our later, advanced sessions.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>>
> >>> | From: "Darcy Whyte" <darcy at inventorArtist.com>
> >>> | To: "lab" <lab at artengine.ca>
> >>> | Sent: Friday, March 21, 2014 8:25:47 AM
> >>> | Subject: [Lab] Arduino Workshop Progress
> >>>
> >>> | So far I have two collaborators and two guinea pigs for testing.
> >>>
> >>> | I had hoped to run the trial run this week but it might be the
> >>> upcoming week.
> >>>
> >>> | But the concept is considerable shaped up after a meeting with Justin
> >>> last
> >>> | night: http://inventorartist.com/learn-arduino/
> >>>
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