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Motion detector for a narrow runway

Project description

Walkway - motion detector

Capture high-framerate videos of a custom-made, CatWalk-like setup for mice using FLIR's BlackFly cameras. A video is saved to disk every time motion is detected.

Installation

Usage overview

  • Power on IR ligth source.
  • Plug in camera to computer.
  • Setup camera using SpinView, if necessary:
    • Start acquisition.
    • Adjust camera aperture and focus to view region of interest under the light conditions expected during the experiment.
    • Adjust image format to limit the view to the apparatus' sidewalk.
    • Stop acquisition.
  • Open cmd
  • Run python -m sidewalk
  • Press q on the GUI or ctrl+c on the command window when done.
  • Video files are saved to the working directory of cmd (defaults to C:/Users/<your username> in Windows).

Version History

  • 0.0.1: Initial release. Scripts are multi-threaded so as to not lag during writing operations to disk.

License

© 2021 Leonardo Molina

This project is licensed under the GNU GPLv3 License.

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