GardePro has become one of the main suppliers of low cost trail cameras. In this post, I take this camera apart to see what’s inside. I also include a video of the teardown and some daylight and nighttime example of … Continue reading →
We are very excited to release the first book in our new series on camera trapping. You can buy the book here: Trail Cameras & Custom Camera Traps: Technology, Ethics & Strategies for Success. This first book in the series … Continue reading →
Browning recently released the latest model in SpecOps/ReconForce line of cameras, the Elite HP5-Ultra. Readers of this blog will know that we have a lot of experience with the SpecOps/ReconForce family going back to the Advantage series cameras. We have … Continue reading →
Browning recently introduced a new model in their 6-series Dark Ops trail cameras — the DCL Nano (BTC-6DCLN). This camera is small and light and features a silent, two sensor camera architecture. Lab measurements show that it operates at low … Continue reading →
3rd Party tools and their usage in reverse engineering trail camera firmware. Part of series.
Continue reading →What happens between the time that a trail camera “triggers”, takes its first image, and goes back to sleep? Part 5 in a series of on trail camera hacking.
Continue reading →In this post, I describe an animal recognition demonstration app I developed for the iPhone. The “MegaDetector-Demo” app uses the latest “MegaDetector” animal detector model from PyTorch-Wildlife to identify animals, people and vehicles in a live video feed from the … Continue reading →
Modern trail cameras are technically sophisticated embedded hardware and firmware systems. In this post I give a description of the key components and critical working aspects of Browning trail cameras. I provide this information as background for understanding how to … Continue reading →
I describe a simple flexible boot I designed to keep water out of the external power connector in some Browning Trail cameras. The boot fits over the coaxial barrel connector of the Browning external battery supply (BTC-XB).
Continue reading →The business considerations which prevent most trail camera manufacturers from offering customized firmware. Part 3 of series on reverse engineering Browning trail cameras
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