Mouse Trap With Wifi (or without)

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A totally overkill (without any killing) mousetrap. When a mouse or other small varmint steps on a switch inside the bottle, a microcontroller activates a servo to close the door (or doors) on the bottle, trapping the critter inside and sending an alert over WiFi letting you know that the trap has been sprung. This project was built using an Adafruit Huzzah ESP8266 WiFi microcontroller breakout board, but could be controlled using any microcontroller capable of digital/analogue input and servo control. I have included code written for and tested on an Adafruit Huzzah ESP8266 (WiFi), and an Adafruit Pro Trinket 5v (No WiFi).

Updates:


2018 Dec 15


Added web button to remotely reset the trap.





2019 Aug 22


Added a counterbalanced single door. I recommend this over the dual door or single unbalanced door. Uses two long M4 or equivalent screws for counterweight.