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DIY Food Dispenser

I built a food dispenser that serves me the exact amount of 4 different ingredients (Oat, Protein Powder, Chia and Flax seeds).

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This project was created on 04/15/2020 and last updated 5 years ago.

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I designed and built a food dispenser that serves me the exact amount of 4 different ingredients (Oat, Protein Powder, Chia and Flax seeds). I used an ATmega328p as the microcontroller and a Nextion touch display. It utilizes 4 micro servo to allow more or less amount of ingredient come out of the containers and a linear type of movement (shake) to avoid clogs.

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Sarah hossam wrote 04/23/2020 at 09:26 • point

very interesting project. Well done 

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Elite Worm wrote 05/17/2020 at 10:54 • point

Thank you Sarah!

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FLX wrote 04/19/2020 at 05:45 • point

Well done. This is an original method.

I think it only misses a way to adapt regular bottles / food safe containers

Are these shakers working as good as a screw pump ?

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Elite Worm wrote 05/17/2020 at 10:53 • point

I haven't had the opportunity to compare it to a screw pump but I'm pretty happy with how it performs.

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stefan.schnitzer wrote 04/17/2020 at 10:22 • point

Cool project! How do you measure the dispensed amount of each ingredient?

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Elite Worm wrote 05/17/2020 at 10:52 • point

By measuring the weight with the scale.

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Dan Maloney wrote 04/16/2020 at 16:24 • point

Impressively complex! I wonder if you fill the legs with some kind of heavy ballast, like plaster - that might help the excess vibration problem. Assuming they're hollow, of course.

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Elite Worm wrote 05/17/2020 at 10:52 • point

Yes! That would be an easy way to get rid of the vibrations... They are almost hollow (20% infill).

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