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An infrared sensor for a tarantula research project in Peru (Nicholas Sakish)
https://github.com/lordubuntu/tarantula-ir

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An infrared sensor for a tarantula research project in Peru (Nicholas Sakish)

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# Tarantula IR Sensor
This is an Arduino Nano project done for Nicholas Sakish. The goal was to create a device which measures the infrared temperature of an object from a distance and logs the temperature and time data every minute to a microSD card.

## Code

### Source Code
See the `src/` directory in this repository.

### Dependencies
- [Adafruit_BusIO](https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_BusIO)
- [Adafruit_MLX90614](https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit-MLX90614-Library)
- [DS3231](https://github.com/NorthernWidget/DS3231)
- [SD](https://github.com/arduino-libraries/SD)

## Hardware
If you want to make a similar project here are the components and schematic to do so.

### Components
- Arduino Nano V3
- DS3231 RTC
- MLX90614ESF-BAA IR Thermometer
- ADA254 MicroSD Card Breakout
- TPS61023 MiniBooster 5V@1A
- Adafruit Class 4 MicroSD cards (<= 128**MB**)

### Schematic
![Diagram](https://github.com/LordUbuntu/tarantula-ir/blob/main/diagram.png)