Proximity-Triggered Dog Training Collar Status Report #4 Distance detecting behavior correction dog collar 2/13/2012 Team 10: Hamad Aldossary Yagoob Alsarouj James Kopp Carlos Vazquez

Overall Need for Design Expand on the currently available remote training collars by adding proximity detection, effectively electrically tethering a dog to its owner. Milestones Order parts (1/25/2012) Unit to unit communication (2/17/2012) Ultrasonic circuit design (2/20/2012) Breadboard implementation (3/1/2012) PCB implementation (3/15/2012)

Tasks Completed Ordered additional parts (2/9/2012) Shock unit, vibration, handheld I/O led and push buttons Mobile breadboard power supply design and implementation (2/10/2012) Used in testing breadboard design functionality Microcontroller test circuit (2/4/2012) AVR working, established programming procedure, tested I/O Initial parts list ordered (1/28/2012) Initial parts list finalized (1/20/2012) RF transceivers acquired (12/15/2011)

Ongoing Tasks Shock unit design We’re using existing shocking circuit designs for reference Ultrasonic system design Big task for this week Mobile power system design Considering LED battery level indicator, considering rechargeable battery system Microcontroller/RF transceiver code Adapting AVR microcontroller code to work for our system Website design Continuing website design

Upcoming Tasks In-field unit-to-unit communication test Ultrasonic system implementation Shock unit implementation Mobile power system implementation

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