SensorGnome - fresh data from the field to your plate

Domains of application

• VHF telemetry (record signals from transmitter tags deployed on animals)
• acoustic monitoring (record signals from microphones with high-precision timestamps)
• (okay, only two so far)

SensorGnome the box

• a computer (beaglebone for now) running the Debian 7.0 distribution of Linux with custom software
• a USB hub for attaching devices to the computer; physical ports are numbered so that
  multiple attached devices of the same type are easily distinguished in recorded data.
• dual power supply:  a universal AC adapter and a 9-36 Volt DC/DC converter for battery / solar setups
• GPS for location and 1-second (standard) or sub-millisecond (custom kit) UTC clock synchronization. 
• USB Audio class sensors such as microphones and funcubedongle radio receivers
• user interacts with SensorGnome via a web interface available on a USB 2.0 cable
  (with included drivers for Windows and Mac; none needed for Linux)
  or an ethernet crossover cable (no drivers required).

sensorgnome.org the project

• hosts software development and documentation
• acts as central data repository
• hosts processing of data by users (and eventually live monitoring)
• facilitates sharing of data across projects (you tagged a bird, someone else detected it)

2018-02-21  New: notable deployments will be mentioned here.

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Developed by Phil Taylor and John Brzustowski (and many, many other helpers and testers) at Acadia University, Nova Scotia, Canada.