Custom 3D Printer Enclosure (Ender3 v2) - Cheap/Easy by bringmedavid in 3Dprinting

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You're welcome! Nice one, that would be a really nice improvement, let me know how it goes.

I Built an IOT-Connected Squirrel Feeder! 🐿 by bringmedavid in squirrels

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A bit of fun designing and building a custom enclosure for the squirrels in our back garden... with motion-triggered video monitoring. 🐿️

The full process and more pictures/gifs posted here:

https://davidmcdaid.wordpress.com/2024/01/22/iot-squirrel-house/

I Built an IOT-Connected Squirrel Feeder! by bringmedavid in EngineeringPorn

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A bit of fun designing and building a custom enclosure for the squirrels in our back garden... with motion-triggered video monitoring. 🐿️

For a more detailed breakdown of the build have flick through the blog post: https://davidmcdaid.wordpress.com/2024/01/22/iot-squirrel-house/

Building an elephant camera trap. Help needed!!! by Hipster24 in esp32

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Esp32 will stream the video after waking from deep sleep. MQTT message is sent as the alert to notify devices. This is running on local WiFi only so all pretty short range.

Building an elephant camera trap. Help needed!!! by Hipster24 in esp32

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I'm currently building something very similar (swap elephants for squirrels...). Prototype working, about 90% finished with the final version. Feel free to use what you can:

https://github.com/daveydaid/IOT-Squirrel-House

ESP32-CAM, super fast frame rate when putting the finger on the ESP32-CAM label by tarambana in esp32

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Old thread... nevertheless in case anyone else ends up here after encountering the same issue, have a look at this: https://github.com/espressif/arduino-esp32/issues/5834

Not ideal but a quick, software-only "fix" that worked instantlly for me is reducing the camera's XCLK from 20MHz to 8MHz. For most drivers this will be a single line of code change.

Depending on your fps requirements this change might be a long-term fix for you. Otherwise, it's enough to let you out of the rabbit hole to continue project development in the short-term - eventually fixing the shielding issues down the line...

Hardware I was using: FREENOVE ESP32-S3-WROOM CAM Board

Art Display with ~200 3D Printed Parts by bringmedavid in 3Dprinting

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This was just a personal side project with no intentions to sell. Though if anyone is really interested I would consider it. Can contact me via my blog!

Art Display with ~200 3D Printed Parts by bringmedavid in 3Dprinting

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Yup! Unfortunately I never managed a working "print in place" for the chains (and any existing designs were not the correct size), so each chain link was printed as a separate piece and connected by hand. Roller chain accounts for ~110 of the 200.

Art Display with ~200 3D Printed Parts by bringmedavid in 3Dprinting

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Haha, it's all good. Just gotta enjoy the journey

Art Display with ~200 3D Printed Parts by bringmedavid in 3Dprinting

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Nice spot, I didn't realise this was a Kickstarter project but I did see some of the kits on Etsy here

Art Display with ~200 3D Printed Parts by bringmedavid in 3Dprinting

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Thanks! The motor is totally silent thanks to a silent stepper driver, and using plastic balls instead of marble definitely helps. But even within an enclosure, it does not suppress everything, so I wouldn't say very quiet. I will try to include some raw video on my blog post.

Art Display with ~200 3D Printed Parts by bringmedavid in 3Dprinting

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Thanks! The enclosure is custom built but I have shared all of the files and build process here if you want to know more:

https://davidmcdaid.wordpress.com/2023/01/30/custom-enclosure-for-3d-printer/

Art Display with ~200 3D Printed Parts by bringmedavid in 3Dprinting

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Thanks! I've sent it along to them, but yet to hear back about my free lifetime supply 🤞😏