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Pet Technology

Custom Pet Device Development

From GPS trackers to smart feeders, we design the hardware behind modern pet-tech products — for pet-tech startups, shelters, and device brands alike.

GPS Pet Trackers

Collar-mounted location tracking designed for lost-pet recovery and daily monitoring.

Activity Trackers

Motion and exercise tracking that builds a picture of daily wellbeing.

Pet Health Monitoring

Wearable sensing for activity and rest patterns, with temperature sensing where the design allows.

Smart Collars

Multi-sensor collar hardware can be designed to combine GPS, BLE, and activity sensing in one device.

Virtual Pet Fencing

GPS-based boundaries, with alerts designed to flag when a pet leaves a safe zone.

RFID Pet Access

Microchip-based identification for selective entry systems.

Smart Pet Doors

Doors designed to open only for recognized pets, with app control as an option.

Smart Feeders

Scheduled, portion-controlled feeding with remote monitoring.

Automatic Water Monitoring

Water level and consumption sensing designed to flag unusual drinking patterns.

Pet Temperature Monitoring

Temperature sensing that can be designed into wearables, with what it can reliably measure assessed during design.

BLE Pet Devices

Low-power Bluetooth hardware for smartphone-connected accessories.

Lost-Pet Location Systems

Location history and last-known-position alerts designed to help speed up recovery.

These are custom engineering services: we design the electronics and firmware to your requirements. None of the devices above is an off-the-shelf PawSync product, and examples on our Projects page are reference designs.

Example Specification

Example Smart Pet Device

A representative specification for a connected pet tracker — an illustration of what can be designed, not an existing product.

GPSBLEAccelerometerTemperature sensingRechargeable batteryMobile appGeofence alertsActivity history
Engineering Services

What You Can Commission

Engage PawSync for a single stage or for the full path from concept to a tested prototype. Teams with an in-house product group often start with an architecture review or PCB design alone.

Architecture & feasibility

Define sensors, connectivity, battery and enclosure constraints before committing to a board.

PCB design

Schematic and layout for compact, battery-powered boards, reviewed for power and RF integrity.

Embedded firmware

Firmware for sensor acquisition, low-power operation, wireless connectivity and app data flow.

Prototype build & testing

Working prototypes, bench tests and field-style test runs documented against your requirements.

Production preparation

BOM, manufacturing files and test procedures for handover to a manufacturer you select. PawSync prepares these files; it does not run volume production itself.

Discovery
Architecture
Schematic & PCB
Firmware
Prototype
Testing
Production preparation

Engineering trade-offs

  • Battery life vs. reporting interval

    More frequent location or sensor updates shorten battery life. We set the reporting interval against the run time you need.

  • Size and comfort vs. battery capacity

    A collar-mounted device is limited by weight, enclosure size and wearer comfort, which caps the battery you can carry.

  • GNSS plus a second radio

    GNSS determines position; LoRa or cellular carries it to a gateway or cloud. The right radio depends on range, coverage and running cost.

  • Water and impact protection

    Enclosure sealing and durability are verified by testing on the finished enclosure. We do not assume a rating before it has been tested.

Information that helps us scope a project

  • Device type and the animal size it fits
  • Features needed: location, activity, health sensing, feeding or access
  • Target reporting interval and battery run time
  • Connectivity and the coverage environment
  • Target volume and timeline
  • Any existing hardware or enclosure to reuse

This section describes custom engineering services. Reference designs on our Projects page are concepts and prototypes, not products available to purchase.

Build a Pet Technology Product

From concept to prototype, we can help you design the electronics behind your next pet-tech product.