Internet of Cats

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A DIY web-based cat feeder that dispenses chow on a configurable schedule or via remote trigger using node socket.io microcontrollers johnny-five, built with a Particle Photon continuous servo and external AA battery pack. The main surprise is a servo deadband bug in the Johnny-Five stack that caused nonstop dispensing until fixed; wiring, soldering, and power management are practical hurdles. Code is open-sourced, community contributors refactor and publish an npm module, and the project hits Hacker News and 500+ GitHub stars after proving it actually works.

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1. 0:00Internet of Cats intro
2. 1:10Automated cat feeder
3. 3:17Open source challenges
4. 8:17Building RoboKitty
5. 13:18Hardware wiring
6. 16:55Debugging servo bug
7. 19:48Open sourcing project
8. 21:14Lessons learned
9. 23:25JSConf journey

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