Jose Luis Albarracin de la Torre

PROGRAMME / Biologie de la conservation

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Born in Madrid, I was able to fulfil my dream of leaving the hustle and bustle of a big city and settling, for more than 35 years now, in the rural surroundings of the Solsonès region
Since I was young, passionate about electronics, I began studying Telecommunications Engineering, which I was unable to complete, but which I have been able to update in recent years by being given the opportunity to collaborate on CTFC projects related to the monitoring and tracking of wild fauna. In this way I have been able to combine my two interests, new technologies and the conservation of biodiversity.
So these years I have carried out various training courses related to the Internet of Things (IoT), Networks and protocols, practical applications for the use of boards such as ESP32, ESP8266, Arduino, Raspberrypi, ..., for remote monitoring of various variables, etc.
The summary of the work carried out is as follows,
• August 2024: Assembly of a photovoltaic power supply system for BUGG acoustic recorders, within the TABMON project
• June 2024: Assembly of Audiomoth recorders with GPS for the EVOLARK project
• March 2024: Presentation "IOT4BIO, our devices for the study of wildlife" within the framework of the PATT conferences "Application of new technologies for monitoring and management of biodiversity"
• January 2024: Design of the power supply system and assembly of the autonomous recorder "Toropi", based on the BIRDNET firmware, for remote detection of the frog Bull (Lithobates catesbeianus)
• April 2022: Design and manufacture of LOGCAVE prototypes (hardware and firmware), a light recorder to assess human presence in caves, and registration as a public utility model with the number ES1285579, first patent registered at the CTFC
• January 2022: Assembly of microcameras in bat nest boxes with free firmware for recording and remote control
• February 2021: Design and manufacture of BIRDLOG CTFC (registered trademark), an autonomous device for bird identification with passive RFID technology
• 2017: Design and manufacture of Recoti, a low-cost autonomous bird recorder, within the framework of a joint CTFC-UAM project (QUERCUS Magazine No. 457 pgs 14-21)