About UsHere at Open Source Geckos we love open source, DIY, hacking, moding, building, and creating. We want to share our projects to improve the community, and allow the community to improve us. We believe providing open source solutions and information about keeping crested geckos and other reptiles will make our hobby more accessibly to everyone and let us focus on whats important, the animals. Crested Geckos are our passion and we believe the open source community has a lot to offer our hobby. Check out our forums and blog to see what we are all about.
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Who We Are |
We provide a platform for sharing and building a community to grow the reptile community. Having a background in various programming, electronics, and scientific research we seek to build a community where everyone can learn and contribute to our hobby. Building a resource for pet owners and breeders alike will allow us to learn the most we can about our geckos, and this is our highest priority.
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Our History |
Being a college student and new crested gecko owner I wanted to create a platform to monitor my gecko while away from home. Having a little experience using micro-controllers such as the Arduino and low cost credit card sized computer I built an electronic temperature and humidity monitor which would update a twitter feed with the current temperature and humidity so I would know my gecko was safe wherever I was. As I looked to improve this system I learned I could easily use my setup to control lighting, heating, foggers or any other climate control devices utilized in reptile husbandry, for any number of animals. We seek to spread these types of projects to all individual so that they too will be able to cheaply and efficiently manage their animals, no matter the scale of the reptile interest.
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