https://github.com/soif/mysensors_coopfood

reports the level of food and the level of water, in my chicken coop
https://github.com/soif/mysensors_coopfood

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reports the level of food and the level of water, in my chicken coop

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/soif/mysensors_coopfood
• Owner: soif
• License: gpl-2.0
• Created: 2017-03-19T15:20:49.000Z (about 9 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2017-04-05T12:34:59.000Z (about 9 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-02-03T04:34:03.200Z (over 1 year ago)
• Language: Arduino
• Size: 747 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: COPYING

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# MySensors Coop Food

This Arduino ProMini based project is a [MySensors](https://www.mysensors.org/)  node which periodically watches and reports the level of food and the level of water, in my chicken coop.

## Features

- measures food level using an ultrasonic sensor

- triggered by a float switch at the water minimum level

- works on battery

## B.O.M.

- Arduino ProMini 3.3v

- Ultrasonic Sensor US-100 (3.3v)

- DS18B20

- Float Switch

- StepUp 3.3V

- 1M ohms resistor

- 470K ohms resistor

- 4.7K ohms resistor

- 0.1uF Ceramic Capacitor

## Building Notes

- I've used the excellent [sundberg84's PCB](https://www.openhardware.io/view/4/EasyNewbie-PCB-for-MySensors)  which really eases the whole wiring.

- I'm using the US sensor in a PVC tube (that feeds the chicken's feeder). A crucial difficulty is to  set the US sensor perfectly parallel to the tube lid, so that the triggered sound will bounce only on the bottom of the tube

- Use the calibrate_us.ino sketch to adjust and calibrate the US sensor.

## Schematic

![schematic](images/schematic.png)

## Wiring

![wiring](images/wiring.png)

## Images

![Box](images/img_box.jpg)

![Coop](images/img_coop.jpg)

## License

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.