King Coopa

Raspberry PI powered automatic chicken coop door opener!

Features

Location Based

Door is opened and closed at sunrise and sunset, respectively, based on your coops location!

longitude: -71.1681156
latitude: 42.8836989

Fine Tuning

For those early birds or night owls :wink: a plus or minus offset can be set to delay or expedite opening and closing.

sunrise_offset: 15
sunset_offset: 45

Remote Control

There's an API so you can control and check the status of your door.

api_server:
  enabled: true
  host: 0.0.0.0
  port: 8080

Setup

Coming soon...

Install

Coming soon...

Systemd

Copy the unit file to the Systemd system directory and start it.

sudo cp king-coopa.service /etc/systemd/system && sudo systemctl start king-coopa.service

Check that the service is active

systemctl is-active king-coopa.service

How to Build the Door

Steps

Coming soon...

Formula for placing actuator in correct spot on door

Solve for r.

For example,

An actuator with a 4 inch stroke would need to be placed 2.546 inches from the hinge in order for the door to rotate 90 degrees.

Parts list

• Raspberry Pi Zero WH here
  • Raspberry Pi Zero Case here
  • PCF8523 Real Time Clock for Raspberry Pi here
• Four inche stroke actuator here

Extras!

King Coopa in action!

The complete door passing open/close/open test

Prototype in action