Product Concept & Architecture
Product concept development and electronics architecture that balances performance, cost and manufacturability.
Custom Electronics & IoT Product Development
When an off-the-shelf device won't do the job, we design one that will — hardware, firmware, and the connectivity that ties it all together. This is the same engineering process behind our poultry farm controllers and livestock tracking hardware.
Schematic & PCB Design
Schematic design, PCB layout, design review and component selection for reliable field electronics.
Embedded Firmware
Firmware development on ESP32, STM32, nRF52 and Arduino platforms, tailored to your hardware.
Sensor Integration
GPS and environmental sensor integration — from a single sensor to a full multi-sensor node.
Wireless Connectivity
LoRa, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and cellular IoT connectivity engineered for range, reliability and power.
RFID Systems
RFID identification systems for animal tracking, access control and feeding recognition.
Power & Battery Design
Battery-powered device design and power management for long field-operating life.
Software & Cloud Integration
Mobile app communication and cloud API integration that connects your hardware to a usable dashboard.
Prototype Development
Functional prototypes you can hold, test and validate before committing to production.
Manufacturing Support
Manufacturing preparation support to help take a validated prototype toward production.
Our Process
Idea to Production
Idea
Architecture
PCB
Firmware
Prototype
Testing
Production
Example Smart Device Specification
A representative build for a connected animal tracker — see our tracker PCB design write-up, our low-power tracker design write-up, and our GNSS + LoRa vs. GNSS + LTE-M comparison for the trade-offs behind it:
GPSBLEAccelerometerTemperature sensingRechargeable batteryMobile appGeofence alertsActivity history
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
Can you develop a completely custom animal tracking device?
Yes. We design the hardware, firmware, and connectivity around your specific animal, environment, range and battery-life requirements, rather than adapting an off-the-shelf product.
Can GPS trackers work in remote farms?
Yes, with the right technology choice. GPS provides the location fix, while LoRa or cellular connectivity carries that data back from areas without local Wi-Fi coverage — we help select the right combination for your property.
What wireless technology is best for livestock monitoring?
It depends on range, herd size and budget. LoRa suits large properties with infrequent updates; cellular suits animals that roam beyond a single farm; BLE suits short-range, high-frequency data near a barn or gateway. We help you weigh the trade-offs.
Can you develop LoRa-based farm monitoring systems?
Yes. LoRa and LoRaWAN are core to our wireless sensor network work, including gateway architecture and battery-optimized sensor nodes.
Can animal monitoring devices run on batteries?
Yes — most of the devices we design are battery-powered, with power management engineered specifically for long operating life in the field.
Can you develop mobile-app-connected devices?
Yes. We design the device-side communication and cloud API integration that a mobile app or dashboard needs to display live and historical data.
Can you design both hardware and firmware?
Yes, both are core capabilities — from schematic and PCB design through to the embedded firmware that runs on it.
Can you help move a prototype into production?
Yes. We prepare PCB files, BOM, manufacturing files, test procedures and technical documentation to support that transition.
Can you develop custom farm controllers?
Yes — controllers that manage temperature, humidity, watering, feeding, fans, pumps and other farm equipment are a regular part of our work.
Can your systems monitor multiple farm locations?
Yes, when the connectivity plan supports it (typically cellular or internet-connected gateways per site), a single dashboard can bring multiple locations together.
What sensors can be integrated into a farm monitoring system?
Common choices include temperature, humidity, air quality, water level, soil moisture, motion and load-cell sensors — the right mix depends on what you need to monitor.
Can you develop RFID livestock identification devices?
Yes. RFID identification is one of our standard building blocks for feeding recognition, access control and animal counting.
Does the hardware keep working without internet or cloud access?
Local control and data logging can be designed to keep running on-site during an outage, syncing to the cloud once connectivity returns — this is a design decision scoped around how critical continuous visibility is for your use case, not a default we assume.
What do you need from us to scope a custom electronics project?
Typically: the problem you're solving, the environment the device will operate in, target battery life or power source, required range and connectivity, any equipment it needs to integrate with, and rough volume expectations. We confirm the rest together during discovery.
Have an Animal-Tech Product Idea?
From GPS trackers to automated farm controllers, we can help develop your electronics from concept through prototype.