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Hello,
My name is Andre. I bought a cat feeder with is equipped with a infrared sensor to open and close it's lid, upon the presence of the animal. I do not have any cat, I just need that feeder for a project with need a open/close lid from 5 meter away, through a swich and a wire. Does anyone would help to adapt the Cat feeder's circuit to be actioned though switch, instead their original infrared? It is actually possible to do it?
The infrared has three white lenses, disposed in a triangle, looking like a LED. Five wires comes toguether from them and that five terminals are siglely plugged into the circuit's board.
I would deeply appreciate so much any sort of advice on this matter. Any help is more than welcome. Many, thanks!!!!
Hi Andre
Yes you can definitely operate it using a switch. What you need to do is check out for the section that operates the acuator system, it is the system which opens and closes the lid. It must be based on a DC motor, so check out for its wires(probably two) and include your switch in series to the connection between these wires and a battery.
This is just an overview of what can be done; a detailed study of the circuit involved here would give us the exact solution possible.
Good luck
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