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Raspberry Pi Embedded Projects Hotshot

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Raspberry Pi Embedded Projects Hotshot

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (20 chapters)
Raspberry Pi Mechatronics Projects HOTSHOT
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

A brief overview of a bird feeder that triggers a camera


In this task, we will set up a bird feeder with a motion sensor. Whenever a bird flies into feed on the grains out of the feeder, the motion sensor is triggered to send a message to the Raspberry Pi. A camera module or a USB camera is connected to the Raspberry Pi, which captures some beautiful moments in our backyard.

Srihari Yamanoor (one of the authors of this book) has an extensive backyard where this bird feeder has been installed. Check out this book's website to find out whether we have captured any beautiful moments thus far!

Prepare for lift off

In order to build this interactive pet feeder, we need the following items: