Sound Lure 3.0 Version Update

Over the last month there has been considerable work going on behind the scenes.   The Sound Lure Project is going towards significant funding for the 2020 Calendar Year with the intention of using the funding to be able to push out to a number of groups for field testing.

This funding has taken considerable time and it also needs to be reminded that the person that is running this blog is a full time classroom teacher.   It is hoped that if these applications for funding are successful it will allow significant work to be concentrated on this project.    We have also been identifying potential deployment opportunities locally and at other locations for the lures.

The final issue being dealt with at the moment is the water proofing of the units.   This can be seen in the previous post on this blog.     Water proofing is a considerable issue for the project to be successful.    There have been attempts at having sound units deployed locally these have been blighted by problems from moisture damaging the units and the electronics.   Once this issue is suitably addressed the units will be deployed.    The two photographs on this post are showing an example of the basic electronics with one of the units that is being monitored.   The idea here is to ensure that the unit is staying charged and operating consistently without a pause (as was happening in version 2.0 of the sound lure).    The graphing information and data is showing the units are remaining consistent above the threshold required to maintain a charge with the unit operating.   The next batch of testing is to confirm the success of the water proofing and the success of the battery levels/solar panel combination.