{"id":15103,"date":"2016-07-20T15:24:49","date_gmt":"2016-07-20T14:24:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=15103"},"modified":"2016-07-20T15:24:49","modified_gmt":"2016-07-20T14:24:49","slug":"taking-pictures-of-bats-at-night-with-a-raspberry-pi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=15103","title":{"rendered":"Taking pictures of bats at night with a Raspberry Pi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cdn.instructables.com\/F5S\/NQLV\/IQ6WVR2L\/F5SNQLVIQ6WVR2L.LARGE.jpg?resize=560%2C745\" width=\"560\" height=\"745\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Martin Mander recently noticed that his back garden attracted bats. Inspired by this, he set about creating a camera that could see in the dark and take pictures of the bats as they came flying in. He repurposed a hand-held drill to provide power and added IR LEDs to illuminate the field of view. He used, of course, a Pi NoIR camera to take the footage. You can <a href=\"http:\/\/www.instructables.com\/id\/The-Raspberry-Pi-Batinator\/?ALLSTEPS\" target=\"_blank\">read more, and imitate his project, by viewing this Instructable<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Martin Mander recently noticed that his back garden attracted bats. Inspired by this, he set about creating a camera that could see in the dark and take pictures of the bats as they came flying in. 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