Cat Feeder Ensures Fed Cats

This DIY cat feeder checks whether a cat presumably ate the food, not just whether it was dispensed. [Jason] built it around a Raspberry Pi Pico W that monitors a weight sensor under the bowl for a drop in weight. An ultrasonic sensor beside the bowl ensures something cat-shaped was there at the same time. An early issue with the sensor emitting noise in a cat's audible range seems to have since been solved. The hardware has wireless communication and can log data, though like most cat feeders it only works for dry food.

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