Low cost audiovisual playback and recording triggered by radio frequency identification using Raspberry Pi.

ABSTRACT: Playbacks of visual or audio stimuli to wild animals is a widely used experimental tool in behavioral ecology. In many cases, however, playback experiments are constrained by observer limitations such as the time observers can be present, or the accuracy of observation. These problems are particularly apparent when playbacks are triggered by specific events, such as performing a specific behavior, or are targeted to specific individuals. We developed a low-cost automated playback/recording system, using two field-deployable devices: radio-frequency identification (RFID) readers and Raspberry Pi micro-computers. This system detects a specific passive integrated transponder (PIT) tag attached to an individual, and subsequently plays back the stimuli, or records audio or visual information. T

SUBMITTER: Lendvai AZ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4393811 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature