| Abstract: |  This diploma thesis describes design and implementation of an autonomous video surveillance system embedded in a bird nest-box, needed for research of boreal owl in its natural environment. First, a custom hardware equipment is proposed and designed. It is then developed and manufactured by Elnico s.r.o. Linux OS and Freescale MQX RTOS operating systems are selected as software platforms running on a dual-core microprocessor in parallel. Video recording and system control applications are developed and the environment set up to allow data access and system configuration. The resulted system produces high-definition video records triggered by a bird passing through the fly-in hole, the bird identification and environment conditions data. Results of the first experiments after deployment in the forest in nesting season of spring 2014 are presented.
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