Resources for “How I Feed My Cats with Linux”
November 26th, 2004 by Chris McAvoy in
“How I Feed My Cats with Linux” was published in the January 2005 issue of Linux Journal.
The Cat Feeder Home Page: kittens.lonelylion.com
The Serial Howto: www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Serial-HOWTO.html
PySerial: pyserial.sourceforge.net
Parallax Web Site: www.parallax.com
The bstamp Site: sourceforge.net/projects/bstamp
Al Williams' RS1 Serial Adapter: www.al-williams.com/rs1.htm
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Cat feeder using off-the-shelf electronics
On December 26th, 2004 Michael Shiloh (not verified) says:
Hi Chris,
I really loved your computer controlled cat feeder as described
in your article. I love the spirit of getting the computer to do
something that extends beyond the confines of keyboard and screen.
I would like to bring to your attention the products made by my
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Sincerely,
Michael Shiloh
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