1. Proximity-Triggered Dog Training Collar Status Report 8 Distance detecting behavior correction dog collar 4/11/2012 Team 10: Hamad Aldossary Yagoob Alsarouj James Kopp Carlos Vazquez

2. 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 Unit to unit communication Ultrasonic circuit design Breadboard implementation PCB implementation

3. Tasks Completed Mobile power system implementation-movable (completed) Xbee module has been received worked and tested (radio) Shocking unit design (completed) Ultrasonic Test circuit First draft (submitted) Demo Day Poster (completed) User interface 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)

4. Ongoing Tasks Design the actual look of the collar and handhold Ultrasonic system design

5. Upcoming Tasks Demo’d Prototypes Demo Day

6. Handheld Unit Collar Unit Buttons/Lights 100% µC 95% RF Transmitter 100% Ultrasonic Receiver 95% Power Supply 100% Ultrasonic Transmitter 95% RF Receiver 100% µC 95% Power Supply 100% Shock Unit 100% Vibration Unit 100% Wired Wireless Functional Block Diagram

7. Project Schedule 90% 100%

8. 40% 90%