Collaborate Disseminate
Humans often like to monitor their exercise habits with the use of a pedometer, which tracks steps taken during a walk. Such devices are a little cumbersome for smaller creatures however, but no matter. Hamsters tend to get most of their workouts done on a wheel anyway, so it’s simple …read more
Continue reading Hamster Wheel Tacho Measures Tiny Pet Performance
Even with all the hamster wheel trackers out there (and on this site) there’s room for improvement. [Bogdan] upgraded his hamster wheel from an Arduino and datalogging shield to an ESP32, and unleashed some new capabilities one does not ordinarily associate with hamster wheels.
[Bogdan]’s project logs distance in feet, duration of current session in time, RPM, overall revolutions, speed in MPH, and overall number of sessions, as well as a couple of system monitoring stats. It also tracks multiple wheels, as [Piontek] (the hamster) has two. However, thanks to the ESP32, [Bogdan]’s wheel tracker tweets its stats and updates …read more
Continue reading ESP32 Hamster Wheel Tracker Tweets Workout Stats