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Bat Detector - Reconstructed

One of our Belfry bat detectors stopped working, so we took it apart and reassembled it using a bread board.

 

A bat detector is a surprisingly simple circuit:

* Ultrasonic Microphone - Picks up bat vocalizations.

* Amplifier Chips - Makes signal louder.

* Frequency Divider - Lowers frequency to human audible range.

* Speaker - Outputs signal, for all to enjoy.

 

There are also some capacitors to power the chips and the speaker, an LED that flashes with the bat pulses, and a 9V battery.

 

Not as weather proof as it used to be, but it works again.

 

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Uploaded on April 27, 2016
Taken on April 20, 2016