Chicken-Door
Over-the-internet chicken door actuator
This was designed to be used with a Adafruit Feather HUZZAH ESP8266 to enable the control of a chicken door.
I can control the door from any device by loading my dashboard, the interface has Open, Close, and Reset (Full retract). These correspond with Open as 1, Close as 2, Reset as 3 to simplify the commands.
Since choosing a servo and designing a system, i found an inexpensive linear actuator from amazon would best serve my purpose.
Parts:
- Homend DC12V 20inch Stroke Linear Actuator with Mounting Bracket 900N(225lbs) Maximum Lift 10mm/s
- Adafruit Feather HUZZAH ESP8266
- 5v 1A USB power supply to power Feather HUZZAH
- Adafruit Stepper + DC Motor FeatherWing
- 12V DC 1000mA (1A) regulated switching power adapter
- Female DC Power adapter - 2.1mm jack to screw terminal block to power Adafruit Stepper + DC Motor FeatherWing
- 1 foot black wire
- 1 foot red wire
Tools:
- Soldering Iron
- Screwdriver
- mini screwdriver for FeatherWing
- Sharp stick for wandering raccoons
Backend:
- Adafruit IO (free) The backend I built using the Adafruit IO Servo tutorial: https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-io-basics-servo/adafruit-io-setup
Assembly time:
- 30 minutes - 1 Hour