Hello RS community,
I am looking to monitor/detect the digging noise/vibration of marsupial moles in the deserts of Australia. This species is a small (approx 90g) marsupial that is apparently very abundant throughout Australia’s arid zone, but no one can actually find it as they spend almost their entire lives underground. They live is very remote parts of the country but I regularly travel to these parts of the country for my work as an ecologist.
It has been suggested to me that an accelerometer like a Raspberry Shake may be able to help detect the animals digging underground. I am looking to get some advice around this and if a Raspberry Shake may be suitable for this application?
The frequency range I am aiming for is 160-2000 Hz. A technical assistant from another company also told me that I would need a sensitivity of at least 1000 mV/g and a sensor with a low noise floor to enable me to resolve the low signal levels of the model digging underground.
I am the most novice of novice can be when it comes to the field of acoustics and vibration, so any advice would be very much appreciated.
Thank you.
Pat