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Automatic chicken door time input (low power, simple)
Ian.M:
You appear to be trolling because the O.P. has already considered and rejected wireless connectivity, tagging, counting and weighing chickens etc. If you are not trollng, then either you are too lazy to read the whole topic before commenting, or you lack reading comprehension and short term memory!
One point that has not been considered by those who advocate a simple light sensor, is: Adult humans in developed countries typically set their daily routine by the clock. Its undesirable to open the coop too early before humans are up and about, even if its well after sunrise due to the risk of an over-bold fox!
Amper:
My apologies, i misread your post after what happened here before...
Your idea with the comparator and timer is nice and light sensing is still in the race. Though since i need the microcontroller anyways for coordinating pumps and valves i wont have to build it the old school way. Just throwing in one or two lines of code will be faster to me than building a new pcb, programming i can do in my college dorm or in the train and then just upload it when i arrive home.
Using the solar cell as light sensor will propably be done as well since im interested in the power production anyways for other projects, so i will have a shunt in there and measure over the day.
Doctorandus_P:
Well, you said you were asking for random ideas in your first post :)
And how would anyone know to search for "RTC" if they did not read the post history?
Amper:
Well yes, i guess i asked like that. I dont expect anyone to read everything, thats obviously to much but even in the very first post i mention that im using an rtc for example. It just seems like people only read the title and then post what ever without considering at all that they are the 5th person by now suggesting the exact same thing that is also specifically excluded in my question.
Im still very happy for all your suggestions just at some point i got a bit frustrated...
soldar:
Search youtube for "chicken training"and you will be amazed how chickens can be trained to do a lot of things, including come home when called.
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