You know how they say that you need to do regular water changes and all that good stuff… Well, I usually don’t. I tend to change things very slowly (including the water, heh). Well, the new light hood really sparked my interest into the tank again. I have been poking and prodding and basically loving …
Category Archives: aquaria
Waiting on parts for my fish feeder
Well, I am waiting on parts for my fish feeder. I am having trouble with the rabbitcore using both the servos and the webserver at the same time. The last one brought up is the one that works. So, I orderd a Digilent SERVOCON AVR® based controller board to control the servo for the fish …
The True Test….
Now for the true test… does it actually feed the fish? Here is a video of the fish feeder dispensing fish food. I pinched a full drum from one of my tanks for testing purposes, hopefully I remember to put it back before I got to bed tonight. I think I want to leave the …
The Rabbitcore Embedded Microcontroller Automatic Fish Feeder works! I even have a video to prove it.
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, …
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 …