I have designed a wildlife detector for those of people who like hiking, in order to protect them from animal attacks.
The design is inbuilt with a PIR monitor sensor with light and alarm. The sensor has been designed to detect animals within a very close range. There is a lighting system which glows when the sense detects close range with animals, and also a sound system that raises alarm. The light and alarm system work concurrently, but the sound tends to trigger the lighting system. The sensor is portable which demonstrates that it would have an inbuilt power system that is rechargeable. From the sensor simulation, it is easy to ascertain the range at which the sensor can detect the presence of an animal. The sensor system is triggered automatically, which gives the signal.
Often, the parks are located in areas where there are no cellular towers, and thus making it difficult to communicate with the park rangers especially when they get in trouble, such as an encounter with furious wild animals. The technology easily indicates when there is an emergency. Often, individuals who go hiking might not be aware of the danger they are exposed to especially regarding human and wildlife conflict. Therefore, it is important to develop something that will create an alert system, and also ensure that individuals are safe. Notably, this sensor provides an alarm when wild animals are within a range that individuals can react and take protective measures. Therefore, for hikers, this is critical as they can determine when they can take measures and avoid harm.
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Is the alarm to also scare away the animal? As someone who is rather bad at fishing, I would be concerned it would also scare away the fish. Perhaps the light alert is enough, if it were mounted in a way that the person is sure to see it. You could conceive of a wearable, perhaps, or something that is on the fishing rod, if you take into account bluetooth or other wireless devices.
Something very useful for outdoor adventures. Your designs always have a sort of connection to outdoor sport. Probably by the end of the semester, you’ll have designed enough products to support an outdoor recreation store. One small question though, will the PIR monitor sensor be triggered by swaying vegetation?
The alarm is loud enough to be heard by human, but it is not that loud to scare away the animal. The light is not easy to be seen during the daytime. The alarm will prevent people from missing the light alert. Both light and alarm function together insure that users can successfully detector animals.
My design is inbuilt with PIR motion sensor that only triggers an alert when it detects warm, moving objects.
Xiu – I like the range/distance feature! We can try different approaches to alert the user but one question is why not have the sound loud enough to scare an animal away? I assume there is some reason – maybe it attracts predators?
I’m a little confused about how I can use this device properly. Do I hang it off the side of my backpack while I’m hiking? What if there is someone else walking behind me? Would the alarm trigger then?
I only have a small suggestion, just little changes to the circuit so that all the components are located on the breadboard, and make the wires not crossed with each other. This will make your thinking clearer as your circuits become more complex in the future.