FA X-10 Bullet Feeder Mod

I built an X-10 bullet feeder upgrade that works using the mechanics of MBF (slower-rotating plate and flipping upside-down bullets). I also designed replacement electronics with a custom PCB, Arduino, and a motor driver to auto-adjust speed based on the current load and detect stalls.

Using a reed switch and magnets embedded into the feed plate, the electronics determine the current expected output and have a feedback loop to adjust it to the current load (spin with more torque while there are a lot of bullets in the hopper and slow down when there are just a few).

If anyone is interested in building one for themselves, it is involved and know-how heavy; there are printing, soldering, and Arduino programming components to it (even if the geometry of a flipper will work for your bullets as is, which is not a given). Also, this is a mod project; drilling holes in the Kydex shell of the feeder is required.

The bill of materials for the project is not too scary, but it is eclect