Hello fellow Nerds, Geeks, and, well, engineers.
I am developing a camera trap to register diurnal and nocturnal visitors to animal feces.
*This is my challenge right now ->
Lots of small creatures won't be detected by PIR / Infrared Motion Sensors so…. I am counting on computer vision to detect the little bugs however, I wonder…
As, supposedly, I am going to use a MOSFET Module AOD4184 to enable the Raspberry Pi Zero to switch on/off my infrared lights powered by a 12V battery, my question is, how could the Noir camera “see” any movement to then activate the lights, if it can only see anything if the lights are on?
Am I right? Or totally wrong? I call it the Mosfet Infrared Bugs Paradox or MIB Paradox for short.
Any of the many geniuses out there could give me some “light” regarding this topic?
Thank you all so much, bst
9 June 2026 8:57pm
Anyone!?
Adrien Pajot
WILDLABS
Fauna & Flora
10 June 2026 1:56pm
Hi Sandro, @eferguson had a project in 2024 to try detecting insects on camera traps.
Here is the thread: https://wildlabs.net/en/discussion/wildlabs-awards-2024-enhancing-pollinator-conservation-through-deep-neuralnetwork
Sandro Von Matter