Built to be adapted.
Open hardware and open software let a wildlife or speed camera become the basis for a new sensor, trigger, model, or custom field application.
Working wildlife cameras · open systems
Field cameras that report what matters.
DustyCam’s wildlife camera turns animal sightings into useful LoRa reports. Next, we’re building a radar speed camera to report measured vehicle passes the same way — and opening the same hardware and software to custom field applications.
Field note 01. Open hardware and software make each camera an adaptable starting point for a new field job.
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The system
Less footage. Useful reports.
The wildlife camera notices an event, makes a local detection, and reports the useful part over LoRa instead of treating every image as the product.
Report the result.
Use a motion, radar, or other local trigger; capture the evidence; then send a concise detection or measurement by LoRa.
Respect the field.
Power, radio reach, weather, recovery, local storage, and setup belong in the design from the first sketch.
The cabinet
A working camera, one in build, and your next application.
DustyCam is a common, inspectable way to make a purpose-built instrument — not a single locked product.
- A–01
Wildlife event camera
Working / LoRa detectionsMotion-gated observation turns an animal detection into a useful LoRa report, with an image retained when the evidence is needed.
- B–02
Radar speed camera
In build / LoRa reportingNow in build: a solar camera that pairs a radar-triggered vehicle image with a measured pass, then reports the result by LoRa.
- C–03
Custom field camera
Open hardware + softwareUse the open boards and software as a starting point for a new trigger, sensor, model, or result — including off-grid experiments.
The common loop
Capture the evidence. Report the result.
SenseRead the world.
TriggerMotion, radar, or schedule.
CaptureTake the evidence.
JudgeMake a local result.
ReportLoRa report or safe spool.
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