Difference between revisions of "Thing Dispenser"
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This is not an easy project, but i believe it is doable (?). This project will create a physical device that will dispense a "thing" (dog treat or dry erase marker) when a txt message is sent to a phone number. The physical device will have a Raspberry Pi micro-computer connected to an Arduino board, which in turn is connected to a servo motor to actuate the dispensing. | This is not an easy project, but i believe it is doable (?). This project will create a physical device that will dispense a "thing" (dog treat or dry erase marker) when a txt message is sent to a phone number. The physical device will have a Raspberry Pi micro-computer connected to an Arduino board, which in turn is connected to a servo motor to actuate the dispensing. | ||
| − | This project was described in the March 2018 MAKE magazine (MAKEzine), | + | This project was described in the March 2018 MAKE magazine (MAKEzine), [https://makezine.com/2016/03/10/remote-treat-dispenser-pet-photography/ here] |
To get started, I found the following video to be useful; if this physical device is going to respond to a txt message, then there must be some link between the act of sending the txt and the dispensing of the thing. In the following video, a basic description of something called an API (Application Programming Interface) is presented [https://youtu.be/s7wmiS2mSXY here] | To get started, I found the following video to be useful; if this physical device is going to respond to a txt message, then there must be some link between the act of sending the txt and the dispensing of the thing. In the following video, a basic description of something called an API (Application Programming Interface) is presented [https://youtu.be/s7wmiS2mSXY here] | ||
Revision as of 13:14, 13 June 2018
This is not an easy project, but i believe it is doable (?). This project will create a physical device that will dispense a "thing" (dog treat or dry erase marker) when a txt message is sent to a phone number. The physical device will have a Raspberry Pi micro-computer connected to an Arduino board, which in turn is connected to a servo motor to actuate the dispensing.
This project was described in the March 2018 MAKE magazine (MAKEzine), here
To get started, I found the following video to be useful; if this physical device is going to respond to a txt message, then there must be some link between the act of sending the txt and the dispensing of the thing. In the following video, a basic description of something called an API (Application Programming Interface) is presented here