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Hello,
One of my colleagues had a bird buddy. It is a bird feeder with a camera that will show you the birds who are feeding at your bird feeder. Also the species is determined and will be send to your phone. I don't have 300 euro to spare for a bird feeder but I have an old phone (Samsung S7) that can make pretty good pictures. How can I make my own bird feeder with camera?
Who would like to help me figure it out?
What have I thought of so far?
1. I need some sort of trigger to make a photo. That can be a light sensor or a mechanic trigger that te bird will trigger by sitting on my bird feeder.
2. Then I need something to wake up my phone, go to the camera and make a picture. This is the part where I have no idea what I am doing :S
3. The photo need to be processed by AI software to determine which species it is. I am a Robot Proces Automatisation developer so that won't be a problemen for me.
Who would like to think things over with me via this forum?
Help is much appreciated 🙂
Yours sincerely,
Chris
Posted : 28/02/2023 11:31 am
Just a quick one here. Using an old phone (nice idea that it is for recycling) the shutter trigger is difficult. However it can be done with some @diyperks level of ingenuity.
I'm just shooting ideas here but you can get fairly cheap Bluetooth remote triggers like this:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/HITSLAM-Bluetooth-Remote-Control-black/dp/B07L9VQ8T3/r
If that link plays nice of course. I find Amazon a bind like this.
Anyway the "clicker" is a microswitch and that can be activated by a MOSFET switch. This sort of thing is quite easily achieved and all you would need is a detection to trigger the electronics.
Definitely the sort of thing Matt could do IF he has the time! Would be a good project.
Take everything I say with a pinch of salt, I might be wrong and it's a very *expensive* way to learn!
Posted : 28/02/2023 4:44 pm