What chips are inside the 3Paws Smart Wi-Fi Pet Feeder?
The main board hosts an STM8L052C6T6 MCU, the camera PCB carries a GK7102C video SoC and a BL-M8188FU3 Wi-Fi module based on RTL8188FTV [Elektroda, wolfieeewolf, post #20660710]
3Paws Smart Wi-Fi Pet Feeder with 1080p Camera - Teardown - PCB analysis
TL;DR
- 3Paws Smart Wi-Fi Pet Feeder 1080p teardown identifies the internal control, camera, and Wi-Fi hardware in an automatic cat feeder.
- The main suspects are an STM8L052C6T6 TuyaMCU for feeder control, a GK7102C for the camera, and a BL-M8188FU3 module on the camera board.
- The unit centers on a 1080p camera, and the chip list provides the clearest PCB analysis: STM8L052C6T6, GK7102C, and BL-M8188FU3.
- Home Assistant integration works partly with local tuya, but it is not perfect and the device was reverted to standard Tuya interaction.
Device Name: 3Paws Smart Wi-Fi Pet Feeder 1080p
Device Type: Auto Pet Feeder with Camera
Device Chip: Has several chips onboard - ? TuyaMCU STM8L052C6T6 - Camera GK7102C - ? WIFI module BL-M8188FU3
The device I purchased was from Australia Post Shop. This Item is no longer available found a similar device on Alibaba.com
Device: Automatic Cat Pet Feeder
Flashing of Chip
So far I only have only found information about some of the chips/modules onboard.
The STM8L052C6T6 is possibly the TuyaMCU that has the controlling firmware. Not sure how to dump this information yet.
The GK7102C is most likely the chip that controller the camera.
The BL-M8188FU3 is located on the camera board. This is also where all the control buttons are as well. Not sure if this could be hacked. It does appear to have pins that I could possibly try and dump the firmware on board. I have not tried to do this.
I am not sure it is even possible to hack this device. I have it running with home assistant and have been been able to get some functions working with local tuya but it's not prefect and I have reverted back to the standard Tuya interaction for now
see this guide to get local tuya working
Configure a Tuya pet feeder with Home Assistant and LocalTuya
Device Type: Auto Pet Feeder with Camera
Device Chip: Has several chips onboard - ? TuyaMCU STM8L052C6T6 - Camera GK7102C - ? WIFI module BL-M8188FU3
The device I purchased was from Australia Post Shop. This Item is no longer available found a similar device on Alibaba.com
Device: Automatic Cat Pet Feeder
Flashing of Chip
So far I only have only found information about some of the chips/modules onboard.
| STM8L052C6T6 | GK7102C | BL-M8188FU3 | BL-M8188FU3 Infomation |
The STM8L052C6T6 is possibly the TuyaMCU that has the controlling firmware. Not sure how to dump this information yet.
The GK7102C is most likely the chip that controller the camera.
The BL-M8188FU3 is located on the camera board. This is also where all the control buttons are as well. Not sure if this could be hacked. It does appear to have pins that I could possibly try and dump the firmware on board. I have not tried to do this.
I am not sure it is even possible to hack this device. I have it running with home assistant and have been been able to get some functions working with local tuya but it's not prefect and I have reverted back to the standard Tuya interaction for now
see this guide to get local tuya working
Configure a Tuya pet feeder with Home Assistant and LocalTuya
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BL-M8188FU3.... that's interesting, it seems it's RTL8188 module, I just posted an article on our Polish site about recovering an RTL8188 module from old e-book reader: https://www.elektroda.pl/rtvforum/viewtopic.php?t=3990739&highlight= It... [Read more]
The BL-M8188FU3 is located on the back of the camera board. That board connects to the PP003 Button board via a ribbon cable. Another cable runs from the button board to the main board with the STM8L052C6T6... [Read more]
Don't worry about that, we don't need to meddle with that device if it works well. I was just pointing out that RTL8188 has only USB interface, which means that USB must be used internally for communication... [Read more]
I realised I never actually posted these. I have it connected via the tuya mobile app. The functions are very basic but once you have things set you really never use the app. https://obrazki.elektroda.pl/3213563500_1700007107_thumb.jpg... [Read more]