Hello everyone 
I want to build an automatic pet feeder for dogs and cats.
I am a begginer so I want your help with the components that I need to buy.
Another points to consider :
- I want that the pet feeder will connect to the Blynk application in the smartphone and communicate with the machine (when I will be not at home, I want the machine still work). I want that statistics information will be shown in the application (such as - how much the dog ate at Sunday and how full the food tank in %).
2.I want that the pet feeder will work with weight sensor under the food bowl (for the statistics).
- I want touch screen to set additional information, such as constant hours of pouring food and how full the tank is.
In addition, I want to ask which one is better for pouring the food - a motor or a servo?
At the moment, I have the Arduino uno starter kit with all it's components.
So I want you to help me to make a "shopping list" for my project.
Thanks in advance!
Pretty hard to answer with no idea what mechanisms you plan to use. Perhaps if you draw up a sketch of what you want to make, including the basic mechanism for pouring the food, it'll be easier to help.
For instance, what will the dog/cat food be poured from?
This is an advanced project. Do you have much experience with Arduino programming and electronics?
OldSteve:
Pretty hard to answer with no idea what mechanisms you plan to use. Perhaps if you draw up a sketch of what you want to make, including the basic mechanism for pouring the food, it'll be easier to help.
For instance, what will the dog/cat food be poured from?
This is an advanced project. Do you have much experience with Arduino programming and electronics?
Yes, I do have an experience with Arduino but not with electronics.
I wrote all the functionality in the massage before.
What else do you want me to write?
I know that I will need a wifi shield but I don't know which one of them...
Can you help me?
