Motion Activated Camera Trap Trigger

Capture wildlife or unsuspecting visitors on your DSLR with this PIR-based camera trigger.

https://diyodemag.com/projects/camera_trap

We designed the enclosure in Fusion360 and will make the working files available so you can modify the design and make changes as you see fit.

We opted to use the GoPro mounting system as there are numerous official mounting options for these cameras, as well as many custom styles available on Thingiverse to suit different needs. If you want a custom mount, you can easily search Thingiverse for GoPro mount and you will find a huge amount of custom mounting options, saving you the time to design and model your own.

We wanted to have the device mount onto the camera itself, so before designing the hotshoe mount, we first did a search on Thingiverse and found that user Shantmeg had already designed and uploaded the exact part we wanted (https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:98700). Therefore, we didn’t need to model our own iteration and rather simp