In this guide, we will detail how to build the complete "tower" BuzzWatch set-up, that be used either in a climatic chamber (see below) or in an insectarium. For other version with control of the light with LED-strip, see 1.6

• 1.1 - Design Acrylic Cage
• 1.2 - Laser Cut Acrylic
• 1.3 - Cage Assembly
• 1.4 - Raspberry Pi Camera Set-Up
• 1.5 - Complete set-up for incubator
• 1.6 - Complete set-up with home-made container
• 1.7 - [Optional] Raspberry Pi to Measure the Environment
• Complete list of materials

1.1 - Design Acrylic Cage

The plan to use for laser cutting acrylic are vector .ai illustrator files, such as this one

All necessary files can be downloaded below:

• buzzwatch_tower_part1_3mm.ai
• buzzwatch_tower_part2_3mm.ai
• buzzwatch_tower_part3_3mm.ai
• buzzwatch_tower_part4_1mm.ai

Most of the cage designs are based on this website Boxes.py.

All plans have been designed for 3mm PPMA or 1.5mm and a burn correction of 0.01. However, depending on the model of laser cutter or your specific design, you might have to modify the burning correction for a looser or tighter fit.

1.2 Laser Cut Acrylic

Pre-assemble cage and test if it fits properly (it should stay together) [add video]

1.3 Cage Assembly

• a - Assemble the main cage with the 1.5mm windows and holders.



• a bis - Assemble holder for base cage.



• b - Assemble sugar feeders and glue them.



• c - Assemble the first support structure (holding camera and cage) and glue frames.



• d - Assemble the second support structure (surrounding cage) and glue frames.



• e - Final assembly.

1.4 Raspberry Pi, Camera and light

• a - Copy the BuzzWatch image on the raspberry Pi on the
• b - Connect camera to Raspberry Pi
• c - Put camera in the holder
• d - Add infrared bandpass filter
• e - Add Raspberri Pi case with fan
• f - Put camera in the holder
• g - Add infrared light
• h - Plug External hard drive to store videos

1.5 [Optional] Raspberry Pi to Light

Instructions for setting up Raspberry Pi to control lights.

1.6 [Optional] Raspberry Pi to Measure the Environment

Complete list of materials required

List of Materials

Material	Cost	Image	Purchase Link
Raspberry Pi 4B+ (Adapter, Case with fans, small heat dissipater)	$XX.XX		Buy here
64GB microSD card. SanDisk Ultra A1 MicroSDXC	$XX.XX		Buy here
Raspberry Pi NoIR Camera Board v2 - 8 Megapixels (+ mpi connector)	$XX.XX		Buy here
512GB SSD external hard drive (Samsung Portable SSD T7)	$XX.XX		Buy here
Long Pass Filter 850nm. (25mm diameter FGL850M Thorlabs)	$XX.XX		Buy here
Case camera Adafruit Raspberry Pi P3253 (gotronic)	$XX.XX		Buy here
Camera strip RB-CAM-1000 35861 Gotronic (1m version)	$XX.XX		Buy here
Rpi 4 case Joy-it . CASEP4+3B 36489	$XX.XX		Buy here
USB-C Power supply 5.1V 3A (official Rpi supply)	$XX.XX		Buy here

Instructions for setting up Raspberry Pi to measure environmental parameters.