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I can't stop building pet feeders, please send help

I can't stop building pet feeders, please send help

Yet another automated pet feeder, I think this is version 4 for me. WiFi-enabled and easily integrates into smart home systems via MQTT. It can also take pictures and stream video, so you always know if it has dispensed the food correctly (or you can take pics of your pet).

My previous auger-based designs worked alright but still would occasionally jam, so this time I've decided to go with a completely new approach. Basically, there are a bunch of sections with kibble and a rotating center part with a gate that aligns with the sections, releasing the pet food. This way there is minimum contact surface between the kibble and the moving parts which eliminates jamming. All the parts that come in contact with kibble were coated with food safe epoxy, which was probably an overkill, but better (food) safe than sorry. Have been using it for a few weeks and so far it has been working perfectly with zero jams, yay!

Surprisingly, painting this turned out to be the most difficult part of the whole project. After repainting it like a hundred times I just said "fuck it" and decided that it was good enough ¯_(ツ)_/¯

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