slimjim Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 Hello, newbie to the forum here. Going away for a few days next week, so I am having a play with automating the Cube door. Works in theory. On a timer to open at 7am and close at 10pm. With a button for open/close/stop as well, for cleaning etc... Only cost about £80 so far. but hte main thing I wanted was to not damage the unit. So no drilling of the outside at all, as some of the others I have seen do. Still a work in progress.... but here is the first attempt. (Can't work out how ot embed the video!) ---------- Still a few niggles with the display. Plus the fixture is only velcro for now, just to test and be 100% sure where is needed to drill. But the function (automated and button overide) work perfectly, which is the main thing. Auto opens at 7am and closes at 10pm, (Which is set in the code and can be altered) With a manual overide "Open", "Close" and a "Cancel" button. Open / Close buttons trigger a 70 seconds timer, which is 5 seconds longer than it takes to open/close. Cancel button also displays the stored open and close times, for reference. Motor is a little heavy, so will need to either attach it with a bracket or lift the weight of it with support from the "O" seperator section. Would prefer to drill/hack the seperator hole plastic section, than the outside/main section, if possible. Saying that, I am impressed with how the Heavy Duty Velcro took the weight. Linear Actuator - £45.39 - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/401028762178 Arduino Uno - £5.49 - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/161877659217'>http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/161877659217 2-Channel Relay - £3.89 - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/161877659217 Timer Chip - £3.19 - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/400857145439 Car battery, Velcro, cables & leccy tape, found in the garage. Feel free to PM or ask in the comments for the Arduino Code I have used. VERY happy with the first attempt! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
