My brother was looking to monitor one of his wood duck houses to find out when the hen had entered and exited the house. He decided that he wanted to use a Passive Infrared (PIR) sensor to accomplish this.
He asked me to design a holder of sorts for the sensor board that he purchased. I’m not aware to the exact board that he was using, however, it was very similar to Adrafruit part 189 (Digi-Key part 1528-1991-ND)
He wanted to be able to just set the board in the holder and be able to easily remove it from the case when not in use.
Below is a picture of the design I came up with. The board is inserted from the back side of the holder and only the lens protrudes through the face of the holder. I then added screw holders that are slotted so that it can be slightly adjusted when it has been mounted. I also added a wire notch at the backside of the mount so that the wires do not get crimped between the roof of the house and the case.
Unfortunately, at this point, he has not mounted the sensor to the house. Because of this, I do not have any photos of this installed in place.
Here is a copy of the .STL file for this part: motion sensor case.stl (32.9 KB)
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