Automatic Cat Feeder #3DThursday #3DPrinting

Shared by strablej on Thingiverse:

This is an enclosure built around the PVC/servo/auger from kitlaan’s Auger-Based Cat Feeder (https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:27854). It is set up to use a reservoir from a cereal dispenser like this one:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00147GB2O/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_pfZJCbE1DG33T After you remove the paddle from inside the reservoir, there will be 2 holes that need filled. I used a couple of M5 bolts with lock nuts.

There is a small hole inside the lid of the enclosure, so that wiring can be run to my laser range finder (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071DW8M8V/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_kkZJCbQ90V3XV) inside the reservoir lid. It can determine how much food is remaining in the reservoir after every feeding.

Download the files and learn more

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Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with 3D printed enclosures, brackets, and sculptures, so each Thursday we celebrate and highlight these bold pioneers!

Have you considered building a 3D project around an Arduino or other microcontroller? How about printing a bracket to mount your Raspberry Pi to the back of your HD monitor? And don’t forget the countless LED projects that are possible when you are modeling your projects in 3D!

Issue 18 – HackSpace magazine “Mini 3-Layer Round Robot Chassis Kit” #Robotics #Adafruit @HackSpaceMag @Adafruit

Issue 18 – HackSpace magazine reviews the Adafruit Mini 3-Layer Round Robot Chassis Kit, giving it a whopping 9/10.

This kit gives you everything you need to build the shell of a 2-wheel-drive Mobile Platform Robot! You get the metal plates that make up the chassis, two DC drive motors with matching wheels, and a caster ball for balance. You’ll fill in the rest with a power supply, microcontroller board, and motor controller. The differential drive (two separately driven wheels) allows for a near zero turning radius while the high-strength aluminum alloy body plus high-quality high-speed motors make it suitable for flat indoor surfaces. It has a third layer for more storage and comes in fashionable Adafruit black!

We of course have suggestions to run the motors like our TB6612 breakout, Motor FeatherWing, Motor Shield for Arduino, or Motor HAT for Raspberry Pi. Basically anything that can do two bi-directional brushed DC motors at ~5V and 1.5 Amp peak. To steer the wheels, you’ll need a microcontroller to toggle the motor driver like our Feather 32u4 Bluefruit LE to power the robot we used a 4 x AA battery holder (not included) which fits nicely between layer #2 and #3. But this is all up to you and your imagination!

Kit includes: 

• 2x Drive Motors (drive with 3-6VDC, 200-400 mA run, 1.5A hard stall)
• 2x Wheels
• 1x Plastic Caster Ball
• Anodized aluminum frames and all mounting hardware for assembly

Read more in HackSpace, PDF (page 120).

See this product in the video below and in the Adafruit store now.

 

Tree – strom attiny85 #3DPrinting #3DThursday

pihrt shared this project on Thingiverse!

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Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with 3D printed enclosures, brackets, and sculptures, so each Thursday we celebrate and highlight these bold pioneers!

Have you considered building a 3D project around an Arduino or other microcontroller? How about printing a bracket to mount your Raspberry Pi to the back of your HD monitor? And don’t forget the countless LED projects that are possible when you are modeling your projects in 3D!

A binary keyboard for programmers by @workshopshed in Issue 18 — HackSpace magazine #Making #ItsyBitsy @HackSpaceMag

Build a binary keyboard for programmers! Andy Clark shows you how in Issue 18 – HackSpace magazine.

The secret to creating a keyboard controller is to use a microcontroller such as the ATmega32U4 (Andy uses the Adafruit ItsyBitsy Microcontroller board – so tiny, so useful!) featuring built-in USB capability. There are different classes of USB devices such as disk drives, keyboards, and sound devices. To act as a keyboard, the microcontroller shares the classes it supports with the host computer – it can then communicate using the standard drivers built into the operating system.

See pages 106 to 109 – HackSpace Magazine Issue 18 – site & PDF download.

 

 

Belt Pocket #3DThursday #3DPrinting

Belt Pocket
Cisco Czapski
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3528637
Prusa MK2S
Pink PLA
16hrs 48mins
X:167 Y:136 Z:100mm
.2mm layer / .4mm nozzle
20% Infill / 1mm retract
200C / 60C
71g
50mm/s

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Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with 3D printed enclosures, brackets, and sculptures, so each Thursday we celebrate and highlight these bold pioneers!

Have you considered building a 3D project around an Arduino or other microcontroller? How about printing a bracket to mount your Raspberry Pi to the back of your HD monitor? And don’t forget the countless LED projects that are possible when you are modeling your projects in 3D!

ESP32 Mesh Lamp with RGB Leds #3DThursday #3DPrinting

Movil shares:

This is a humble intent to make a cool self made LED Lamp that you can control using the Espressif Mesh application (Android, I-Phone versions)

Please visit the Hackaday.io project page for the build notes and also follow the project for upcoming updates.

download the files on: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3502435

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Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with 3D printed enclosures, brackets, and sculptures, so each Thursday we celebrate and highlight these bold pioneers!

Have you considered building a 3D project around an Arduino or other microcontroller? How about printing a bracket to mount your Raspberry Pi to the back of your HD monitor? And don’t forget the countless LED projects that are possible when you are modeling your projects in 3D!

3D Printed Headphone with Koss KSC75 Drivers #3DThursday #3DPrinting

gumo_design shares:

the back cover is modularized design. I might do some different shapes of back covers

download the files on: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3502396

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Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with 3D printed enclosures, brackets, and sculptures, so each Thursday we celebrate and highlight these bold pioneers!

Have you considered building a 3D project around an Arduino or other microcontroller? How about printing a bracket to mount your Raspberry Pi to the back of your HD monitor? And don’t forget the countless LED projects that are possible when you are modeling your projects in 3D!