Lane Tech HS - PCL - <Automated Dog Food Dispenser>

Servo myservo;  // create servo object to control a servo

int potpin = A1;  // analog pin used to connect the potentiometer
int val = 0;    // variable to read the value from the analog pin

int myMinute = 52;  //53
int myHour = 22; //10 pm
int servoPin = D0;
void setup() {
 
  myservo.attach(servoPin);  // attaches the servo on pin 9 to the servo object
  myservo.write(0);
  
  Time.zone(-6);
  Particle.syncTime(); //sync with the Particle Cloud's time
  Particle.function("feed", triggerFeed);
}

void loop() {
    
  val = analogRead(potpin);            // reads the value of the potentiometer (value between 0 and 4095)
  val = map(val, 0, 4095, 0, 179);     // scale it to use it with the servo (value between 0 and 180)
  myservo.write(val);                  // sets the servo position according to the scaled value
  delay(15);
  
  if(Time.hour() == myHour && Time.minute() == myMinute) //check the time
      {
        myservo.attach(servoPin);
        myservo.write(135);//set to a position to dump the food
        delay(5000);
        myservo.write(0);//set to a zero position
        delay(500);
        //myservo.detach();//detach to keep the servo from jittering

        delay(60000);//wait the rest of the minute out
      }                           // waits for the servo to get there
    
}

int triggerFeed(String command)
{

    if (command=="feed")
    {
        myservo.attach(servoPin);
        myservo.write(135);//set to a position to dump the food
        delay(5000);
        myservo.write(0);//holding position
        delay(500);
        //myservo.detach();
        return 1;
    }
    else
        return -1;
}