Hi all,
I'm new to electronics and even newer to this forum so any friendly advice would be very grateful.
I have been tasked with finding a way to open a door to a chicken coup in the morning at first light and then drop it down at dusk.
So I was thinking all I need is a PIC controller, a motor and an LDR. I also know that I need a way to program the PIC to recognise a certain light level or preset time then activate motor for given time.
Problem is in my engineering lectures- block diagrams, the maths and theory is easy... what seems more difficult is know what works in the real world.
many thanks
from a very confused matthew
I'm new to electronics and even newer to this forum so any friendly advice would be very grateful.
I have been tasked with finding a way to open a door to a chicken coup in the morning at first light and then drop it down at dusk.
So I was thinking all I need is a PIC controller, a motor and an LDR. I also know that I need a way to program the PIC to recognise a certain light level or preset time then activate motor for given time.
Problem is in my engineering lectures- block diagrams, the maths and theory is easy... what seems more difficult is know what works in the real world.
many thanks
from a very confused matthew