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Category Archives: DIY

DIY projects based on overview posts in Tech category.

Deep Tech: AI Based Animal Detection Demo App for iPhone

Winterberry Wildlife Posted on August 11, 2024 by Bob ZakAugust 11, 2024

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 →

Posted in Blog, Camera Trapping Technology, Deep Tech, DIY | Tagged demo, iPhone app, megadetector, PyTorch-wildlife, trail camera, xcode | 7 Replies

Gasket for External Power Connector on Browning Trail Cameras

Winterberry Wildlife Posted on July 29, 2024 by Bob ZakJuly 29, 2024

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).

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Posted in Blog, Camera Trapping Technology, DIY | 14 Replies

Deep Tech: Repairing EEPROM in Browning Trail Cameras

Winterberry Wildlife Posted on January 23, 2024 by Bob ZakSeptember 4, 2024
Trail Camera EEPROM

When a trail camera revers back to its default settings, and won’t take a new firmware image, it is likely the EEPROM has failed. This post describes how I replaced the EEPROM in a Browning Trail Camera. Applies to multiple Browning trail camera models

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Posted in Blog, Camera Trapping Technology, Deep Tech, DIY | Tagged Browning, EEPROM, Repair, Settings, trail camera | 14 Replies

Replacing Microphone on Browning Elite HP5 Trail Camera

Winterberry Wildlife Posted on June 23, 2023 by Bob ZakJune 23, 2023

In this short post, I’ll describe the process for replacing the microphone on Browning Elite HP5 with a water-resistant microphone from CUI Devices.    I also include a video on the replacement, including a “before and after” test. This post was motivated … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog, Camera Trapping Technology, DIY | Tagged audio quality, browning trail camera, BTC-7E-HP5, BTC-8E-HP5, Elite HP5, faint sound, microphone replacement, no sound | 7 Replies

DIY: Trail Camera Lens Hacking

Winterberry Wildlife Posted on January 16, 2023 by Bob ZakDecember 5, 2024
camera module

This post gives an overview of potential lens replacements for Browning Trail Cameras.

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Posted in Blog, Camera Trapping Technology, DIY | Tagged Blurry photos, blurry trail camera photos, Browning, BTC-7A, BTC-7E, btc-7E-HP4, BTC-7E-HP5, BTC-8A, BTC-8E, btc-8E-HP4, BTC-8E-HP5, focal length, lens, trail camera, wide-angle | 44 Replies
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