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Welcome to my Teensybat page. I am Edwin Houwertjes an enthusiastic electronics hobbyist working with the TeensyBat, a Teensy based d.i.y. bat detector for a few years now. (Teensy is a development board made by PJRC) It takes up a lot of my free time but this device is too much fun to keep just for myself.
I hope the help you build a detector like this TeensyBat using the information on this website.
New PCB's (V0.8) available.
I designed a second version of the Teensy 4.1 based PCB. There is some space for a second microphone amplifier, specially for the people that want to play with the software and create a stereo version. The normal TeensyBat can be built with this PCB as usual, but the mic-in also connects to the line-in left signal, The extra TL972 opamp (IC3) can be placed to create the line-in right signal with the input pin next to the 3 microphone pads. This is not a stereo version!. It just holds extra parts for people that want to try and write a stereo version of the software. The part numbering changed a bit but building it is exactly the same as the earlier PCB since all SMD parts are already mounted on the printed circuit board.
I did release the design and production files for the Teensy 3.6 based version, I'll keep these Teensy 4.1 based files for my self.
Why Teensy 4.1? Well a huge advantage is the extra memory we can mount. It will give you a nice prerecord buffer that allows you to store about 4 seconds of sound that you just heard.
Keywords: bat, detector, batdetector, vleermuis, vleermuisdetector, teensy, time expansion, heterodyne, frequency division, frequentiedeler, ultrasoon, spu0410lr5h, spu0410lr5h-qb, zelfbouw, diy, homebrew, spectrogram, waterval, waterfall, classify,
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I built the device and everything worked right away! The display graphics respond wonderfully. We look forward to the bat observations! Many thanks for developing and providing the kit!!!
I am curious for this detector. Because i used to be a radio amateur I built serveral radio's but with smd i have no experience. Do you deliver it as diy but with the smd on the board en what do you charge?
The seller was very kind and helpful regarding questions, extra parts, billing and shipping. I'm using the device every week since I bought it in December last year. Can definitely keep up with professional devices and never failed me before. I had some difficulties getting it to work because I am really bad at soldering but got it to work after a few hours.
Edwin, I sit here with a freshly completed TeensyBat on my desk. It works fantastically and I'm very impressed by it. Bravo!
I am a bat worker in the UK and frequently use ~£900 bat detector units. This TeensyBat build is way cooler and has so many more features. I look forward to using it out in the field.
Thank you for creating this awesome project and making it publicly avaliable.
Normally I do not write here but answering Thomas gives some idea about the developments.
Teensy 4.1 version boards are ordered, but production takes some time.
The Audioboard is still used. It provides extra gain setting and is also usefull for playback (connecting headphones) we will be using the audio board but it is integrated on the main board.
We do uses extra memory that can be soldered directly to the Teensy it is not used to help reducing "writing sounds" I helps us store sounds that already passed a few seconds ago.
The noises of the SD card writing can be reduced by separating Vin(Teensy) and input of te 3.3V LDO(IC2), and give each their own RC filter (ad an extra R10/C10 circuit)
I am quite happy with my teensyBat based on v0.2a. Would it be possible to come up with a new hardware version based on teensy 4.1 and without the need for the extra audio board (built-in ADCs only)? This would reduce the cost.
Would it also be possible to "record" the signal into a buffer for some time and save it later to the SD card? This would avoid noise coupling into the signal from SD card write operations.
Thank you so much for your effort to make this project available for a bat enthusiast like me.
Prachtig project dat zeer goede resultaten oplevert, dank voor de creators !
In 2019 heb ik een compleet werkende detector van U gekocht. Ik ben daar zeer tevreden over. Ik kijk met belangstelling uit naar de 4.1 update. Ik zou graag een kit, pcb of onderdelen willen bestellen als het beschikbaar is.
Dear TeensyBat team - great work! I look forward to your new hardware release and will purchase a kit or circuit board or parts when it's available.
Tom Kreyche KF7NOP, Seattle Washington USA
Just loaded the new 1.3 software, went flawless into the Teensy. Its fantastic that image now continues while recording. And the auto gain (plus downward expanded gain reach) will hopefully solve the problem that bats flying close by, overpowered the input channel. Thanks for all the good work!