Development of a handheld ultrasound receiver for the detection and identification of bat species

Abstract

The BAT TUNE project is the development and production of a low cost heterodyne ultrasound receiver that is specifically designed for near professional activity monitoring of the different chiroptera species. The project is included as a part of an European volunteer program called Quirorius (http://www.quirorius.org/) where the activity of the European Water Bat (?Myotis D?Aubentoni?) is intended to be an indicator of the quality on the Catalonian water environments. The study follows the ?Bat Conservation Trust? survey. Free license tools haas been used during the product development (KiCAD, PSPICE models , etc) and the generation of the component libraries under this environment is also in the scope of the project. Apart from the pure product design, market analysis, device production and technical trainings for the volunteers have been performed

El proyecto BAT TUNE contiene el desarrollo y la producción de un receptor heterodino de ultrasonidos de bajo coste específicamente diseñado para la monitorización semiprofesional de la actividad de quirópteros

El Projecte BAT TUNE consisteix en el desembolupament y producció d?un receptor heterodí d?ultrasons de baix cost que està específicament dissenyat per a la monitorització semi-professional de la activitat de quiropters