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A project log for Vending Machine for Birds

Simple, inexpensive bird feeder that dispenses peanuts in exchange for dropping stuff in a hole. A vending machine for clever birds.

stephen-chaseyStephen Chasey 10/28/2024 at 22:360 Comments

I left on holiday and was not at my place for 10 days. The VMFB worked fine while I was gone - no jams or technical issues. I occasionally monitored it via the motioneye web interface. Between 1 and 6 deposits daily from the local jackdaws.

I finally added a YouTube channel and will be adding code to automatically upload videos that contain a deposit event.

For now I'm doing it manually - only 10 videos uploaded so far starting from 16-SEP. Will add more once my upload restriction is lifted.

https://www.youtube.com/@VendingMachineForBirds


UPDATE - I'm now uploading videos daily-ish. 75 videos so far. Not sure if this is useful for others but it's nice to have all the deposit videos in one accessible place for me :)

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