Dogduino:The Automatic Dog Feeder

Tired of having to find the dog food to feed the dog? Tired of having to get up early so your dog doesn't attack you for his food? Are just plain lazy? If you answered yes to any of these questions, this instructable is for you. Powered by the intelligent Arduino, this gadget will automatically dispense measured amounts of dog food at user designated times. No longer the days of manually feeding your dog. Join the Revolution! Build this so you will never have to bust out the measuring cup or manually feed your dog again!

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Also a video of this in action will come in a little bit

Step 1 Bill of Supplies

Materials
1 x Bucket
1 x Standard 3 pin servo (This is the one I am using)
1 x Blank or unwanted CD
1 x Arduino or ATmega328 (I am using the Arduino Uno)
1 x 10K Ohm Resistor
1x Proto/Maker Shield or breadboard (You could use a Etched board, but it would be a lot easier to use aThe Makers Shield or Protoshield)
1 x Push button (This will be a override button)
1 x Sharpie Marker
1 x Large Cardboard Container (I used a Chips box from Costco)
Extra cardboard
1 x 9V arduino Battery pack or Wall Adapter
Hardwood Strips


Tools
1 x Hot Glue Gun
1 x Dremel w/cutting wheel
1 x Soldering Iron
1 x Scissors

Comments

[tmilham]

What servo do you use?

[rachilio]

Is it a robot or a cardbord box?

[nbagf]

what does the button do?

[IgnorantZebra]

runs the servo, so it manually dispenses