“SMART MOUSE TRAP (SMouT)”

Abstract

Rats are pests that can pose variety of threats to humans. Control of the rat population should be done intensively because the uncontrolled number of rats will affect the economy where the habit of rats that like to bite will damage infrastructure such as electrical cables, electronic equipment and others. In addition, uncontrolled rat populations also affect public health. Mice can cause direct and indirect infections of infectious diseases. With that came the upgraded rat trap project, where the rat trap project is equipped with sensor control. Such as PIR sensor or Passive Infrared Sensor works to detect changes in infrared waves (heat) in pests. The trap also uses the esp8266 as a microcontroller that comes with software to run the program. The uniqueness of this trap, the user will receive a notification via apps that the trap has hit the target. Therefore, the ESP8266 is equipped with a wifi module in it. The trap also has a spray device that is placed chemicals that can eliminate rodents. The way to use this trap is that a bait like bread will be installed in the trap. The use of this bait is to attract rats to get into the trap. Traps will be placed in places that are always targeted by rats such as kitchens, residential areas, industrial places and many more. When the bait were triggered, the trap door will automatically close. The trap will produces a sound and the user will receive a notification via apps. The user will be provided with an application that can be downloaded on playstore or googlestore. With this application, the user can manually control the sound of the buzzer when the trap detect a rats. When the door were close a chemical will be spray to eliminate the rats. The carcasses can be dispose and the Smart Mouse Trap (SMouT) device can be sanitize. The other advantages that this Smart Mouse Trap (SMouT) holds are the abilities of it to entrapped not 1 but up to 3 mice per cage enclosure. This give great point of view towards the Smart MouseTrap (SMouT) user.