ESPHome’d Cat Feeder

[odd shadow]

I took apart my cat’s auto-feeder and wired an ESP32 dev board to the buttons on the keypad. Kinda hacky but it works. No longer do I need to rely on the terrible LCD they give me for scheduling

[void rain]

dude i have the same feeder

i had it wired to the button but then i changed it to spin the motor directly

buttons were annoying because i couldnt figure out how to disable the lock

[quaint solstice]

"Feed lil freak" 😆 Awesome!

[odd shadow]

I have a script that runs every 10 seconds to “unlock” it lol

That’s how I worked around it

I added these today

The schedule automation is defined in Home Assistant

How did you do the schedule @void rain? I want to have a “next meal time” sensor as well

[void rain]

heres my config. its a bit messy because it calculates how many servings based off the an average i take of 5 servings

you probably want the automations under time:

[dapper owl]

I have a PETKIT cat feeder that absolutely sucks. I added a D1 mini and rewired the food sensors so they detect when food is actually out. Why are these devices so poorly engineered???

https://github.com/jazzmonger/Petkit-cat-feeder-fix-ESPHome

@void rain - I like your solution!

[odd shadow]

is that black board the original board? I noticed it has an esp32

[odd shadow]

thanks for sharing!