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Project Floofball: an IoT hamster wheel

An IoT Hamsterwheel made using a Raspberry Pi and a magnetic door sensor, to see how far my hamster runs.

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Project Floofball: an IoT hamster wheel

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Raspberry Pi 3 Model B
Raspberry Pi 3 Model B
×1
Adafruit Magnetic contact switch (door sensor)
×1
Standard LCD - 16x2 White on Blue
Adafruit Standard LCD - 16x2 White on Blue
×1

Software apps and online services

ThingSpeak API
ThingSpeak API

Hand tools and fabrication machines

Laser cutter (generic)
Laser cutter (generic)

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Code

Project Files on GitHub

All the project files are available here.

Credits

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