Smart Nestbox Assembly Guide
Perch
- Antenna pads laser cutting & assembly
- Cut the three layers of plexiglass with the laser cutter
- Glue together top and middle layer (make sure screw holes are well aligned!)
- Perch wood cutting & pre-drilling of wood & plastic case
- Mdf bar laser cutting & assembly with plastic case
- RFID PCB pick & place
- RFID cable assembly
- Solder RFID PCB to antenna & strap down to perch
- Test RFID frequency & range
- If all works, pour epoxy resin into RFID box.
- Load cell metal piece drilling & screwing to load cell
- Load cell + perch assembly
Data Logger Box
- User button drilling, screwing in, soldering cables
- Inserting cable assemblies
- Battery holder: terminal connectors, labelling and attaching into lid
- PCB: soldering battery terminal, SD card headers
- PCB: test 3.3V supply and close jumper
- Solder button cables to PCB
- Flash MSP, then ESP fw
- Close all remaining jumpers, solder OpenLog + cables
Final Tests and Calibration
- Install and connect perch
- Insert SD card, connect battery.
- Turn on & connect to Wifi
- Test RFID reader
- Perform weight calibration
- Turn off wifi, click user button to flush to SD card
- Check contents of SD card on computer
- If all works, fix PCB to case, fix cables to box & close lid, heat shrinks for load cell cable.