PestTrap AI

How it fits together

PestTrap AI, part by part

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1. 01

   The whole PestTrap AI

   A camera inside a delta trap photographs the sticky card, counts new moths on the chip and sends the count by LoRaWAN to the consultant.

2. 02Brain

   ESP32-S3-WROOM-1

   The brain: it runs the pesttrap-head program

3. 

   03

   OV5640 wide camera

   Photographs the whole sticky card from above, 2048 x 1536

   ESP32-S3-WROOM-1 · Camera ribbon (DVP) · Card photos

4. 04

   Two white LEDs

   Light the card the same way at every capture

   ESP32-S3-WROOM-1 · GPIO to FET gate · On/off pulse

5. 

   05

   SHT40 climate sensor

   Reads trap temperature and humidity for degree-day counts

   ESP32-S3-WROOM-1 · I²C (2 wires) · Temperature and humidity

6. 

   06

   RAK3172 LoRaWAN module

   Wakes the camera chip on schedule and sends counts by radio

   ESP32-S3-WROOM-1 · UART (AT commands) · Counts and wake signal

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   07

   2 AA lithium cells

   Run the trap for a full season with no solar panel

   ESP32-S3-WROOM-1 · 3.3 V buck-boost rail · Power

8. 08

   All connected

   6 key parts, one program, and your phone

The idea

A delta trap in each pecan block that texts the consultant on the morning of the first moth catch

How the parts connect

PestTrap AI, wired up

Every part, what links it to the brain, and how the data reaches your phone. A solid line is a cable; a dashed line is a radio link.

The program

What controls PestTrap AI

void on_wake() {
    led_on();  frame = camera_capture();  led_off();
    card = warp_to_fiducials(frame);          // 4 raised squares
    if (!card.ok) flags |= TRAY_MISSING;
    blobs = new_blobs(card, last_card);       // 4-40 mm2
    for (b : blobs)
        label[b] = classify_int8(crop64(card, b));   // ESP-DL
    flash_store(frame, meta);
    uart_send_counts(pack_uplink(label, sht40_read(), flags));
    power_off_self();                         // RAK3172 sleeps and keeps time
}

To your phone

How the data reaches PestTrap web app and SMS

Any phone or laptop browser

1. Trap
2. LoRaWAN US915
3. Co-op gateway
4. LTE · MQTT over TLS
5. Cloud
6. SMS · WhatsApp · web
7. Consultant's phone

Key specs

Targets for production units; they may change during development.

Pricing

Target pricing. Sticky-card refills and lures are sold separately. LoRaWAN gateways are available as an add-on where there is no coverage.

Indicative launch pricing in USD, excluding taxes and shipping. Final pricing is confirmed before any balance is charged.

1. 29 Oct 2026, 10:30LatestTexas pecan growers time casebearer sprays from the first moth catch, but Texas A&M advises checking traps every 3 to 4 days, so the first catch is missed by days; camera traps cost about $2,400 a unit (Perennia 2025), so farms run too few (PestTrap DESIGN.md market check).

   • Drawn idea plan (idea.json): a 300-acre pecan orchard from above in four blocks of trees, with the farm road and the barn; pins for a PestTrap in each block (one with the first catch), the co-op radio gateway on the barn and the consultant's truck on the farm road
   • The product picture is now this drawn plan instead of the plain fallback card; drawn from the design notes, not the CAD
   • What the plan keeps from the market work: one trap per block instead of one per farm, small counts by radio with full photos only over Wi-Fi when the consultant passes, and a person confirms the first catch
   • Next: more drawn plans for catalogue products that still show the fallback card (coolercheck, laundryroom), then close-out C5 (buyer review prep for sports) from 12:00

   See it in 3DFull research and design

2. 27 Oct 2026, 08:59Fruit and wine growers next to woods face three jobs in the same summer: smoke from a fire in the hills, pests to count every week, and crews working in heat under California rules (shade from 80 °F, Cal/OSHA §3395; act on smoke from AQI 151, §5141.1). Agency smoke cameras cost about $50,000 a year, camera traps are sold per trap per season, and a Kestrel heat meter is about $554; our own three products for it cost $5,898 and $224 a month.

   • Combined into FieldEdge (https://iemilabs.com/products/fieldedge/); PestTrap AI itself is unchanged

   See it in 3DFull research and design