Engineering notes on animal & farm technology
Practical write-ups on the hardware, wireless protocols, and design decisions behind connected animal and farm electronics.
GNSS + LoRa vs. GNSS + LTE-M for Animal Tracking
GNSS determines position; LoRa and LTE-M are separate communication layers that get that position off the device. A practical comparison.
Read articleDesigning Low-Power Electronics for Outdoor Animal Trackers
Battery life in a wearable tracker is a power-budget problem. The engineering techniques that determine whether a device lasts days or months.
Read articleDesigning a PCB for a Pet or Animal Tracker
A collar- or tag-mounted tracker isn't a smaller GPS board. Antenna placement, stack-up, and enclosure constraints that drive the design.
Read articleSmart Pet Feeder Hardware & Firmware Engineering
Portion accuracy, load-cell calibration, jam detection, and RFID recognition — the engineering decisions behind a smart pet feeder.
Read articlePlanning a Wireless Poultry House Monitoring Network
Sensor placement, protocol choice, and gateway planning — and why one sensor per house usually isn't enough.
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