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Linux powered, laser guided, web enabled live trap
I have been playing around with interfacing relays and stuff with a serial port. The kids and I did a fun project of building a squirrel trap. I thought I would cool to combine them together.
A Soekris single board computer is the brains. This is a little low power 486 computer. A laser pointer is used to detect when something is inside the trap. A small electric motor is used to pull the pins that hold open the doors.
A circuit is connected to the serial port that detects the beam. When the beam is broken the computer detects it. A relay is connected to the serial port. When the computer turns on the relay, a small electric motor runs and pulls the pins that hold the doors open. The doors shut and close the trap. The computer then takes a picture with a webcam and sends me a page.
You can see a video of it here
More pictures here
Resources:
Laser beam detection circuit
Relay circuit
Soekris net4511 single board computer
Comments
Anonymous:
Wonderful experience
Anonymous:
Where's the pictures of the squirrels?
Look DornFall
Owlbeyou:
The concept is good, but i rather doubt if you've actually caught any rodents with it. And let's just say that the little bugger goes in to munch on the peanut butter, or whatever. Is the mechanism fast enough to trap it? As the doors snap shut, is there a possibility that it hurts them cute little bastard rodents? I found this idea because i was searching the net for a trap design so i could rid myself of those stupid squirrels. They're a pain in my arse.
Smith:
little bugger goes in to munch on the peanut butter, or whatever. Is the mechanism fast enough to trap it? As the doors snap shut, is there a possibility that it hurts them cute little bastard rodents?
Arizona Beauty School:
This renders the zero-knowledge one ingenuous utopy and, indirectly, an ugly joke for the customer. The thing makes me to anger.
Jason:
Please upload the videos to youtube, your internet tubes are too small for hosting videos. Youtube has bigger tubes!
Anonymous:
THIS MUST BE PUT TO ACTION!!!!!
As proof of concept :)
Anonymous:
THIS MUST BE PUT TO ACTION!!!!!
As proof of concept :)
Anonymous:
Let's have some pictures of your prey, shall we?
Anonymous:
Please make:
whatsinmytrap.com
kthxbye
dash:
Infra red
Hello Chad,
I was wondering if the laser scared the squirrels.
If that being the case maybe you could mod an electronic garage door trip sensor.
Totally awesome (Better Trap) you built I give you and A+++ on coolness.....
Build a better mouse trap and the world will pave a path right to your door.
Henry:
Nice! I'd be interested in seeing some close-up photos or a description of the mechanism you used to pull the pin?
davr:
Where's the pictures of the squirrels you've caught? I hope you aren't cooking them for dinner or something :P
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