Model originally uploaded to Thingiverse at https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2017229.

The start of an automatic pet feeder project I'm working on.. The motor mount in this design is for a NEMA17 stepper, but that should be easy to change.

The exit elbow is not finished, needs a little work.

The finished project will be run from a Raspberry Pi with camera to see if cats are feeding...

Update: 2016-01-13 - New exit elbow

All parts are printed and assembled, now time to do the electronics and stepper driver.

Pet Feeder (Auger based)

Model originally uploaded to Thingiverse at https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4434857.

My tipping bucket rain gauge design, designed in FreeCAD.

Made for use with an ESP8266 and slotted opto-switch.  All the files are included! The only part that needs supports is the bucket.

Enjoy!

__2020-06-14__ - Added a mounting bracket and filter to the mix!  There was a small update to the bucket too.  The pivot point was too low in the first version.

Tipping Bucket Rain Gauge

Model originally uploaded to Thingiverse at https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4339214.

A quick little case to hold a PSU and ESP8266 (D1 Mini) for monitoring the temperature of the hot water cylinder for my home automation system.

The PSU came from BangGood:
https://www.banggood.com/3Pcs-AC-DC-5V1A-Isolated-Switching-Power-Supply-Module-For-MCU-Relay-p-1343197.html


Home Automation - Temperature Monitoring ESP8266 DS18B20

Model originally uploaded to Thingiverse at https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5414671.

A case for four things:
1) A RPi
2) USB/Ethernet hat
3) PoE module
4) SonOff Zigbee USB stick

I'm running zigbee2mqtt..

I've included the FreeCAD model too.

POE RPI Wireless SonOff ZigBee Case

Model originally uploaded to Thingiverse at https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5194983.

A DIN rail mounted case for an ESP8266, PZEM-004T and a small 5Vdc PSU

I've included the FreeCad model for folk that are interested!

PZEM-004T-V3 ESP8266 Din Rail Case

Model originally uploaded to Thingiverse at https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4416174.

A small project box to house a Wemos D1 Mini and Soil Moisture sensor.  I've added an extra hole for the cable of a DS18B20 temperature probe too.

Power is supplied via some CAT5 cable.  The ESP8266 module is the Wemos D1 Mini V3 PCB, not the one with the ESP8266 in a can in the PCB.

Moisture Sensor:
https://www.banggood.com/Capacitive-Soil-Moisture-Sensor-Not-Easy-To-Corrode-Wide-Voltage-Monitor-Module-p-1309033.html

DS18B20:
https://www.banggood.com/DS18B20-Waterproof-Digital-Temperature-Temp-Sensor-Probe-1M-2M-3M-5M-10M-15M-p-1211828.html

D1-Mini's:
https://www.banggood.com/Geekcreit-D1-Mini-V3_0_0-WIFI-Internet-Of-Things-Development-Board-Based-ESP8266-4MB-p-1264245.html

I'm running Tasmota which in turn is sending the value to my MQTT server and on to Home Assistant.

FreeCAD model is included as always!

Enjoy...

Wemos D1 Mini Soil Moisture and Temperature Sensor Box

The case part of the holder for an ESP8266 and the MH-Z14 sensor

MH-Z14 GA-Case.stl

MH-Z14 GA-Lid.stl

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