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    Cameras

    Basically, yes. It's a miniature, cheap, but full-fledged computer, and you can run various Linux distributions and some other operating systems on it. It has some USB ports, HDMI port, a dedicated camera port, several GPIO ports (these can be used for lots of things like digital communication...
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    Cameras

    I'm using a Raspberry Pi Zero W to monitor and control the enclosure, and I also have the standard camera module attached. I'm using Motion to stream the video, so I can check on my little guys whenever I wish, and also to save videos and images whenever a motion occurs. I'm also planning to...
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    DIY UVB meter experiment

    The programming part is quite simple here, I just have to read a voltage value from one of the analog pins, and the Arduino makes this really easy. The hard part was learning a lot of electrical engineering stuff, and designing the PCBs. Probably because I've never done that before :) BTW, I...
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    DIY UVB meter experiment

    Hi all! A month ago @Markw84 and me had a conversation about UVB sensors here: https://tortoiseforum.org/threads/meet-%C3%81fonya-lift-and-mormota.165538/ As a summary: I am on a quest of finding a UVB sensor that is suitable for our purposes, and build a meter around it. Both the software and...
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    Meet Áfonya, Lift, and Mormota!

    Áfonya frightened me a quite a bit today. She was on her back when I got home from work, limbs and head in her shell. I have no idea how long she's been that way. They fall on their back frequently, as they climb a lot, but they are quite capable of turning back - usually in a few seconds. I can...
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    Enclosure monitoring and automation using a Raspberry Pi

    Yeah, I know these ready made enclosure-automation systems can be quite pricey, but I don't want to make money of this. I also wouldn't have the time to do this beside my day job.
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    Enclosure monitoring and automation using a Raspberry Pi

    Cool, good luck with your project! I don't really have any reptile-specific advice, building a thermostat with a Pi is pretty straightforward. The thermostat module in TerraPi can handle different temperature ranges for different time ranges (with 1-hour resolution), which I think is a handy...
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    Enclosure monitoring and automation using a Raspberry Pi

    Thank you all, glad you liked it!
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    Enclosure monitoring and automation using a Raspberry Pi

    I have had my three beautiful pancake tortoises for a little over a week now, and their enclosure is monitored and controlled with a Raspberry Pi Zero and a Python program I wrote. In this post I'm going to describe my setup, so maybe I can help others creating their own enclosure...
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    Meet Áfonya, Lift, and Mormota!

    @Markw84 I have digitezed the wavelength/transmission% diagram of a 285nm,15nm FWHM bandpass filter (https://opticalfiltershop.com/shop/bandpass-filter/uv-bandpass-filter-285nm-fwhm-15nm/), and applied it to the action spectrum of the GUVA-S12SD sensor. The diagram is not the best quality...
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    Comment by 'sghctoma' in media 'Hey, wait for me!!'

    Is this a spoiler? Will the fourteenth incarnation of the Doctor be a tortoise? Interesting... :)
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    Meet Áfonya, Lift, and Mormota!

    Mormota, the biggest, most shy one, who spent almost every time hiding, came out yesterday, accepted food from hand, and was very active. He ran laps around the perimeter of the enclosure, climbed the rocks and the log, bathed and basked a lot, so I hope he accepted his new home too :) I have...
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    Meet Áfonya, Lift, and Mormota!

    @Will: Hi, and thanks for the additional info! Their previous owner said they won't eat cut down grass, but they are happy to graze. I will give wheat grass a try for now, and next time plant some leafy stuff. But of course this won't be their main food source, I give them various greens. The...
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    Meet Áfonya, Lift, and Mormota!

    Thank you all, I'm glad you like the enclosre! @CourtneyG: Yes, of course, I have read every thread on this forum about these guys in the last month, including the care sheet. Thanks for putting it together, it really helped with the planning. Also, the guy I bought them from said the same...
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    Meet Áfonya, Lift, and Mormota!

    Hey everyone! I've joined the forum one month ago, and had only vague ideas of what kind of tortoise I'd like to keep. Since then, I've decided I'll get pancakes, and as of yesterday I share my home with three of them: Áfonya (Blueberry), Lift, and Mormota (Marmot). The origin of these names...
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