Week 2: User Notification (Use of an LED)

One issue that the group was thinking about was how to notify the owner once the pet feeder has rotated a certain amount. The group reached the consensus that the best method of making the owner aware that the container is empty is by placing an LED light at the side of the pet feeder.



Initially, the group was considering to implement an alarm that would send out a low noise when the feeder would have rotated a full rotation. However, the group figured that an alarm would scare a cat off so the group decided to use an LED. The group believes that this would work when the top of the feeder fully rotates, it will set off a switch,which will in turn turn on the LED notifying the owner to replace the food. Then the owner will rotate the top of the feeder back around and turn the feeder back on. This seems to be the most effective, inexpensive and pet-friendly method of making the owner aware of the empty pet feeder.