A Raspberry Pi-powered bird sweeper
A Raspberry Pi-powered Bird Sweeper that can scare away small birds without harming them is the kind of thing that could easily be used as a weapon against an enemy in a horror movie. It’s also a mobile, battery-powered, and fairly inexpensive project that will protect your garden (or whichever outdoor space you deem worthy) from unwanted visitors.
The bird sweeper is a project by Raspberry Pi hobbyist and YouTuber DevMiser and is made from a variety of parts, including the Raspberry Pi 3 A+.
It’s primarily powered by a battery pack, with a motion sensor and dowel rod acting as the deterrent for any would-be visitors. The motion sensor triggers the Raspberry Pi to record a video and take a still frame, which is then sent to an email address, so you can track any visitors.
Aside from the Raspberry Pi, servo motor, relay, PIR motion sensor, and power bank, DevMiser lists the “optional” camera module as one of the additional parts required to build the bird sweeper. If you want to keep tabs on who is coming to visit, it seems like a fairly straightforward add-on.
The Raspberry Pi and the rest of the hardware are housed in a 3D-printed case, which protects it from the elements when placed outside. The entire build process and parts list are available on GitHub, along with the 3D-printable STL files for the case. Open-source software primarily written in Python is also available on GitHub, and detailed instructions on how to recreate the project are provided in a PDF file also on GitHub.
