I wanted a small door to open automatically via arduino morning night to the outside world.
Chicken coop automatic door diy arduino.
Our wireless remote control has a range of up to 100m in a straight line and is simple to wire 2 wires in for power 2 wires out to the actuator.
Open and close your chicken coop using an arduino using a remote control is the easiest method by far.
Wanten s diy system calculates the sunup sundown via info from a ds1307 rtc module pulling the door up with a gearmotor and a spool of fishing line.
Over the last few years my family has been keeping ex battery hens they are about 18 months old and have lived their entire lives within a caged environment.
We know that chickens are animals that love routine.
Arduino chicken coop controller.
When geert wanten s wife got tired of opening up the chicken coop to let them out in the morning he decided to automate the situation using an arduino nano.
Doing this would relieve us from worrying if the chickens were safe at night and to be able to leave the house when we wanted this door will be located on the side of the coop and will slide open vertically so the girls can up down their ladder about 18 to the ground level.
Ir camera to be able to monitor if all chicken have entered in the coop before the door closes.
Install magnetic reed switches to serve as a reliable positioning measurement and to generate position alarms in case the door will not reach the requested position in time.
They definitely know when to come in at night and come out early in the morning to go on about their pecking and bug hunting.
As much as we love these little bundles of joys and eggs it can be a drudge getting up i.
Doing this would relieve us from worrying if the chickens were safe at night and to be able to leave the house when we wanted this door will be located on the side of the coop.
I wanted a small door to open automatically via arduino morning night to the outside world.