IOT based Pet Feeder

Most of the pet owners nowadays want to enjoy the company of their pets, some of the pet owners have the patience and time to feed the pets and some do not have the time to do so. This is where automation and (IoT) comes in handy to develop a  system that  can fulfil the pet owner without

Project Title

IOT based Pet Feeder

Project Area of Specialization

Internet of Things

Project Summary

Most of the pet owners nowadays want to enjoy the company of their pets, some of the pet owners have the patience and time to feed the pets and some do not have the time to do so. This is where automation and (IoT) comes in handy to develop a  system that  can fulfil the pet owner without doing any harm to the pets.

It is quite obvious that pets require special care and treatment. However, because of the busy routine, it becomes very difficult to care for pets. present a smart  system  for  pets  and  include  system  for  pet collar, food  feeder  for  pets,  and monitoring of  pet door. The pet feeder is capable of keeping the water and food clean until the pet wishes to  eat. It has a cover for bowl that closes and opens automatically.

The presence of pet is detected by the sensor and the cover is opened which enables only the pet to access the food. Moreover, the collar has a GPS tag which is used  for identifying and  transmitting  the steps of  a pet.

There is a functionality of pet monitoring in the device which

will notify the owner about the location of the pet as there are many times when the owner is busy with something else and cannot keep a watch on the pet. Relying on this aspect,  even notorious pets  can be found.  There  is  yet  another  feature  in  the  device which is referred as automated calling and it can be beneficial in the cases when there is a threat and the owner wants to be notified about it. Automated pet feeder  is  basically  a  new  technology  for  feeding pets.

Project Objectives

1. It  will  help  the  pet  owner in taking care of every pet in the house even when he or she is not present.

The device is created for helping pet owners as predetermined amounts of the food are dispensed when the user gives a  common using an infrared  remote  control  that is  wireless

Project Implementation Method

This project proposed a pet feeder system which is divided

into two main sectors including measurements and control unit. System perform periodic measurements of the pet?s weight and food level inside the tank. On control unit, the system

can operate under smart mode where user can define the energy fact of the food inside the tank and  type of the  cat.  The  cat?s  weight  will  be,  further,  measured and  the  system  can

compute the right amount of the food to be dispensed to cat.

Benefits of the Project

In the  presented  system,  there  are  3 benefits.  These

benefits  include health  monitoring, recognition of habitual movement, and location tracking. In the location  tracking,  the  device  of  tracking  is  quite useful in keeping a watch on the animal. It will be attached to the animal and a tracker with the receiver of satellite positioning will sent the data location to

the center.

Technical Details of Final Deliverable

The straightforward flow of the

system is as:

1) Calibrate the weight sensor

2) block the flow by keeping the servo at angle of 90

3) Establish communication with IOT by initializing

the SIM808

4) obtain the commands from blynk app

5) If  updating  time  is  reached,  check  the

measurements

a. Read  30  samples  from ultrasonic  sensor;  store them in an array; find the mode of the readings as the capacity of food in tank

b.Read  5  measurements  from  load  cell  sensor; apply mean value over the readings

c. Update the readings on Blynk app

6) Continuously check smart mode condition and a. If  the  smart  plan  is  selected,  wait  for  first schedule to activate

b.If the control mode is selected:

i. If the  automatic  mode  is  selected,  wait  for schedule timer  to activate  and  dispense the food  via  large  outlet  for  given  dispensing timer.

ii. If the manual mode is selected, continuously check  for  permission  from  user;  once  the permission is granted, dispense the food with respect to the selected outlet and dispensing

timer.

7) If smart feeding amount is activated:

a. Get the type of cat from blynk

b.Obtain the last measurement for cat?s weight

c. Obtain the energy fact from blynk

d.Compute  the  right  feeding  amount  based  on

Smart Pet Food Dispensing Algorithm.

Final Deliverable of the Project

HW/SW integrated system

Core Industry

IT

Other Industries

Education

Core Technology

Internet of Things (IoT)

Other Technologies

Artificial Intelligence(AI)

Sustainable Development Goals

Good Health and Well-Being for People

Required Resources

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