WagWatch

Inspiration

We got our inspiration from Life of Kai. We wanted to prevent pets from going homeless by helping pet owners not lose their pets with our device.

What it does

It is a dog collar attachment that can track your dog by looking at its recent speed and direction. It can also observe environmental conditions, such as humidity and temperature, to see if your dog is in a safe area. A buzzer can also be remotely activated so you can hear your dog when it is close to you.

How we built it

We used a PSoC 6 BLE Prototyping Kit to control our circuits. We also wired individual sensors to the PSoC microcontroller board to measure humidity, temperature, acceleration, and direction.

Challenges we ran into

We ran into several circuit wiring challenges. We had issues with our LCD screen drawing too much current that our laptop's USB port could provide. We fixed this by flashing our code onto the microcontroller board and powering it through a USB power brick connected to an outlet.

There was also an issue regarding the LCD screen not displaying anything. We resolved the problem by looking at the datasheet for the pin layout for the LCD and rewiring our circuit.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We are proud of

What we learned

We learned that we need to carefully wire our circuits to prevent errors from occurring.

What's next for WagWatch

We can add 5G compatibility so the device can post its feature results onto a server for us to view easily.

Built With

• c
• psoc