Here is the front view of the feeder hooked up to my Rabbitcore Embedded Microcontroller. The Rabbitcore will eventually completely operate the fish feeder. It will also run the lights, and take the ambient temperature as well. I am going to have the fish feeder to feed 3 times a day on a tight schedule, …
Yearly Archives: 2006
Fish Feeder Final Assembly
At last, it comes toghether!!!!Here you can see the lower stand-offs. They are simply bolts and nuts. I have the bolt tightened down and then have a second nut floating part way up the bolt to the height I need to get the servo to sit where it should. You can see in the photograph …
My New Crock Pot
I went out and got myself a new crock pot. I rather like this one. It has 3 settings, High, Low, and Warm. It is designed to be hauled around even! There are latches on each side of the lid to clip the lid in place. It even came with it’s own spoon that clips …
Fish Feeder Clutch Modifications
The fish feeder has a really neat clutch mechanism that allows you to modifiy the drum in 5 minute increments. This will also work well as a servo-saver, just incase somethig bad happens – I don’t want to strip out my servo or the gearing.Here you can see half the clutch mechanism and a standard …
Fish Feeder Housing Modifications.
Well… After 15 months of saving up my pennies and dimes, I could finally afford to buy the $12 fish feeder and the $12 servo to make the first part of my Internet Aquarium that will be ran off my Rabbitcore 3700. I notched out the back for the Servo. I needed to cut out …