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Update on first week of data collection

A project log for RAD2 (Research Activity Detector version 2)

This motion logging Feather-compatible shield contains a PIR motion sensor, real time clock (RTC), microSD card slot, and 3 signal LEDs

lex-kravitzLex Kravitz 12/12/2019 at 16:060 Comments

The data collection is going well!  We built 5 devices and placed them in mouse cages for the last week.  There is a nice circadian rhythm in behavior (mice are more active at night).  Check it out here!

Example activity trace:

There's a lot we can look at in this data but for now our next goals will be validation/calibration experiments for the sensors, and scaling up to more devices.

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