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Table 1 Device component manufacturer and cost per unit (US$) information

From: Waterproof, low-cost, long-battery-life sound trap for surveillance of male Aedes aegypti for rear-and-release mosquito control programmes

Item

Manufacturer/Supplier

Mega-orig Cost

Tiny-orig Cost

Tiny-lcS Cost

Controller

Sparkfun/eBay

1.85

0.94

0.94

Speaker

PUI Audio/DigiKey

6.20

6.20

0.83

Filtering

DigiKey

0.75

0.25

0.25

Battery Case w/ Switch

eBay

0.75

0.75

0.75

Photoresistor

DigiKey

0.40

0.40

0.40

Sound Lure total not incl. batteries

 

9.95

8.54

3.17

AA batteries ($0.33 each)

Varta/Element14

0.99

0.66

0.66

Sound Lure total incl. batteries

 

10.94

9.20

3.83

Gravid Aedes Trap

Biogents AG

13.63

13.63

13.63

Total trap cost

 

24.57

22.83

17.46