Garden sentry project
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Been having trouble with Fox’s digging holes all over the garden and attacking our pet Tortoise resulting in a £400 vet bill
(Tortoise fully recovered now with a few scratches to its shell and dented pride
).
After a bit of Googling for deterrents, I found this: http://projectsentrygun.rudolphlabs.com![evil](/inc/images/evil.gif)
So far I have downloaded and tested the software (all open source) and started gathering some of the required hardware.![](http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh28/kieranp_photos/DSC01731_zpslyvisyvz.jpg)
Servo’s for turret wired to controller
![](http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh28/kieranp_photos/DSC01733_zpsfekdbnd7.jpg)
The plan is to replace the paintball gun with a water cannon (bit safer), and modify the Arduino code to work with a water valve. Hopefully this will be enough of a deterrent to keep the garden fox free.
Even if it doesn't work it will still be a fun project![smile](/inc/images/smile.gif)
![frown](/inc/images/frown.gif)
![hehe](/inc/images/hehe.gif)
After a bit of Googling for deterrents, I found this: http://projectsentrygun.rudolphlabs.com
![evil](/inc/images/evil.gif)
So far I have downloaded and tested the software (all open source) and started gathering some of the required hardware.
![](http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh28/kieranp_photos/DSC01731_zpslyvisyvz.jpg)
Servo’s for turret wired to controller
![](http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh28/kieranp_photos/DSC01733_zpsfekdbnd7.jpg)
The plan is to replace the paintball gun with a water cannon (bit safer), and modify the Arduino code to work with a water valve. Hopefully this will be enough of a deterrent to keep the garden fox free.
Even if it doesn't work it will still be a fun project
![smile](/inc/images/smile.gif)
tvrforever said:
as you find the equipment can you share the sources & details etc?
interested in protecting my pond fish![smile](/inc/images/smile.gif)
The Arduino and servos came from Rapid electronics http://www.rapidonline.com/Home_Hobbies (loads of other usefull bits can be purchased from Rapid as well)interested in protecting my pond fish
![smile](/inc/images/smile.gif)
Looking at some of the projects on the site the turret can be made from wood, aluminium, plastic etc..
I’m thinking of using a plastic box as the base with the pan (left/right) servo cut into the lid and aluminium to make the support for the tilt (up/down)
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