4. Example Free Feeding Scripts

FreeFeeding

Overview

Description of the FreeFeeding program. Fill this in based on experimental purpose.

Key Features

Usage

1. Upload this sketch to your FED3 using Arduino IDE.
2. Observe behavior and log file output.
3. Modify variables as needed for your experiment.

Logging

• Logs pellet events, poke activity, timeouts, and more depending on sketch.

Full Code

/*
  Feeding experimentation device 3 (FED3)
  Free Feeding mode

  alexxai@wustl.edu
  December, 2020

  This project is released under the terms of the Creative Commons - Attribution - ShareAlike 3.0 license:
  human readable: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
  legal wording: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode
  Copyright (c) 2020 Lex Kravitz
*/

#include <FED3.h>                                       //Include the FED3 library 
String sketch = "FreeFeed";                             //Unique identifier text for each sketch (this will show up on the screen and in log file)
FED3 fed3 (sketch);                                     //Start the FED3 object

void setup() {
  fed3.begin();                                         //Setup the FED3 hardware
  fed3.DisplayPokes = false;                            //Customize the DisplayPokes option to 'false' to not display the poke indicators
}

void loop() {
  fed3.run();                                           //Call fed.run at least once per loop
  fed3.Feed();                                          //Drop pellet
  fed3.Timeout(5);                                      //5s timeout
}