Ready to put your Tech Tutors skills into practice? WILDLABS and Freaklabs are proud to announce our new virtual course: Build Your Own Data Logger. This eight-part video tutorial series will guide wildlife and conservation researchers through building and deploying custom hardware using the Arduino platform. To join, Register now!
This course is free to all, but if you would like to build along with the course in real-time, you can purchase the WildLogger board and kit for $30 (USD) here
About the Series
If our first season of Tech Tutors inspired you to put your conservation tech skills to the test, we've got a brand-new experience coming to WILDLABS! Where can you start learning how to use Arduino to build custom devices for wildlife and conservation research? Right here!
Beginning this November, WILDLABS and Freaklabs are proud to introduce an eight-part video tutorial series that guides wildlife and conservation researchers through building and deploying custom hardware using the Arduino platform. The series will use WildLogger - an Arduino-based board that’s designed for deployment - to create a custom data logger.
Are you new to Arduino, or maybe not entirely sure what Arduino is? Good news - this series is for beginners like you! By the end of our eight modules, you'll have the practical skills and knowledge base you need to deploy your creation for real.
The series assumes no hardware experience. It’ll cover common terminology, components, the hardware design stack, setting up the Arduino environment, programming and optimising your application, choosing and modifying enclosures, piloting, testing, deploying and troubleshooting.
You’re not on your own. Our interactive series makes it easier than ever to get feedback and guidance as you learn. Every two weeks, we’ll host a live Office Hours event to troubleshoot, answer questions in person, and release the next module in the series. We'll also have cheat sheets and code to download, plus a forum to ask questions between sessions. And of course, you can build along with the course in real-time with the WildLogger board and kit, available here.
The tutorial is free and allows you to move at your own pace with videos available to all on the WILDLABS Youtube channel. To navigate through all course content, visit the Course Directory.
To join this virtual course, register here!
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Thanks! We think it will be useful, especially if it can serve as a building block for courses with more sophisticated devices. I think it will be really interesting to see where... |
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Build Your Own Data Logger Community | 3 years 1 month ago | |
Hi Akiba, Yes, that does help. Nice to know we can expect 1-month using 3x AA 2100mAh batteries. I had a quick look at the arduino.cc site for power management - it's... |
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Build Your Own Data Logger Community | 3 years 2 months ago | |
We've just winding down our most recent deployment and have restarted work on the course. So it should be soon. There will be updates soon. Akiba |
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Build Your Own Data Logger Community | 3 years 2 months ago | |
Okay Akiba, I leave it in the drawer of pending things, if I have some time I would like to try it. Count on me for the next course! Greetings ! |
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Build Your Own Data Logger Community | 3 years 2 months ago | |
Hi Phil. A replacement board was just sent out to you. Thanks for your help with the pictures and the patience :) Akiba |
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Build Your Own Data Logger Community | 3 years 2 months ago | |
Hi everyone. Hackaday is running a data logging contest right now and if you happen to need a reason to log some data, this might... |
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Build Your Own Data Logger Community | 3 years 2 months ago | |
I appreciate your encouragement ! Don't hesitate that I will keep you informed of the progress that I am making Happy weekend ! |
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Build Your Own Data Logger Community | 3 years 3 months ago | |
Round 2 vlog video is up! |
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Build Your Own Data Logger Community | 3 years 3 months ago | |
Oh that sounds like a fascinating application. I've actually just started a thread for Wildlogger add-on board requests. The TSL25911 sounds do-able and also it looks like one... |
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Build Your Own Data Logger Community | 3 years 3 months ago | |
No probs. We've all been there (and will be there again)! Glad it's working cheers Jacinta |
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Build Your Own Data Logger Community | 3 years 3 months ago | |
You'll need to write a software application that would communicate from the PC to the board via serial. Within that software application, you could send the time and date to... |
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Build Your Own Data Logger Community | 3 years 3 months ago | |
Hi everyone, We're rethinking the live component of the Build Your Own Datalogger course and would love to hear your ideas.... |
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