Transmitting distance & Non Functional Parts
Normally, Lora transceivers have a working distance of 10 km, which is much less than the distance between location of the trap and Flagstaff, AZ. So we planned to use the LoRa transceiver to transmit the data of the mosquito detection to the nearest laboratory in Maricopa County first, then uploaded the data to a google drive through the WIFI in the laboratory.
Some of the parts did not work well and had to be replaced in order to achieve efficient results.
Noise interference
When detecting mosquitoes by the microphone amplifier, other noises might be detected. We implemented the use of a bandpass filter to filter the specific frequency of the mosquitoes the trap will capture.
World Crisis
In our individual homes we have limited equipment to test or subsystems and are unable to integrate all the parts together and test them with the trap due to social distancing and an online environment.