I am sort of stuck with our project. I am trying to build an automated pet feeder that will sort through a database of pet foods to decide how much you should be feeding your pet. Then with that dispense the food. I am new to software side of things so that pretty much what I am stuck on. I do not know where to go from here.
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Where is this database?
It sounds more like a big computer problem than a little computer problem.
You could use the big computer to sort through some database to create tables for use in the pet feeder.
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I’m confused.. a data base of cat food , and then dispense the correct amount ?
( as a cat type person, they are all similar and the amount is more cat based ( big , fat , old, etc) )
Will you have varieties to choose from and switch into the feeder , or do you just want to look up the type of food you have and decide the weight to feed on that ?
In which case if there are only a few options , then you could scroll through say 10, each with an associated weight ie a 2d array or table .
Database >>> big thing with 1000’s options ?
As usual sorting out the mechanical bits should be you first thought .
You've basically said that you're stuck on the entire project!
What have you actually done? What works and what do you need help with?
The question reminds me of a problem that was studied in a university statistics class so many years ago! That had to do with producing a quality animal feed at least cost with varying raw material costs.
edit: I think that had to do with linear programming.
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