TAMU CPSC 483 Final Report 1/41 Territory Tracking and Restriction System Final Report Top Dog Technologies Denise Cuppett John Kaczmarek Michael Stewart Chris Wesp Department of Computer Science Texas A&M University December 11, 2007TAMU CPSC 483 Final Report 2/41 Table of Contents 1 Executive summary .............................................................................................................................. 3 2 Project background ............................................................................................................................... 3 2.1 Needs statement ........................................................................................................................... 4 2.2 Goal and objectives ..................................................................................................................... 4 2.3 Design constraints and feasibility ................................................................................................ 5 2.4 Literature and technical survey .................................................................................................... 6 2.5 Evaluation of alternative solutions .............................................................................................. 7 3 Final design .......................................................................................................................................... 8 3.1 System description ....................................................................................................................... 8 3.2 Complete module-wise specifications ......................................................................................... 9 3.3 Approach for design validation ................................................................................................. 14 4 Implementation notes ........................................................................................................................ 14 5 Experimental results ........................................................................................................................... 24 6 User’s Manuals Needs statement ....................................................................................................... 24 7 Course debriefing ............................................................................................................................... 32 8 Budgets ............................................................................................................................................... 37 9 Appendices ......................................................................................................................................... 39TAMU CPSC 483 Final Report 3/41 1 Executive summary The Need, the Goal and the Objectives The current commercial products available for tracking and deterring pets from specific zones are very limited in functionality. Current indoor deterrents involve a single setup to where a user can deter a pet from only one area, but there is no simple way to document how often the pet enters a zone or violates an off-limit zone without constant supervision. Our intent is to correct this problem by developing a deterrent system that can have multiple off-limit locations and keep track of the time and place of every violation so that the user can be kept up to date with his or her pet’s habits. Multiple pets may be tracked by the system and all of the information can be viewed from one simple and easy to understand program. Our goal is to build this new tracking and deterrent system and make it not only cost-affordable, but effortless to use and setup. The Territory Tracking and Restriction System that Top Dog Technologies is developing will have higher quality than any other products currently on the market because there is a need to have a deterrent and tracking system that monitors and documents when pets enter specific zones. Our team has researched the need of having a deterrent and tracking system and has defined the goal of its new product to create a receiver and transmitter pair that can record the general location of a pet and deter it from the off-limit areas. There has been a lot of research into the implementation of our project because there are some very important objectives that must be met to keep the product competitive in the market. The cost of the product is a very important aspect that must be kept to a minimum. The system must function well in an indoor environment without hindering or harming animals or people. The system must be easy to set up, use and adjust. With these objectives in mind, Top Dog Technologies has decided to use current RF technology to create the Territory Tracking and Restriction System. Final Design and Implementation The complete design of our project involves a series of RF receivers and transmitters. However, due to certain restrictions we have created only one transmitter and receiver pair. The transmitter will be the device placed on or around the location a user wishes to make a zone of interest. On it there will be an input that will allow the user to adjust the range of transmission, or deterrent settings. The range can be adjusted on transmitters by controlling the voltage input of a particular transmitter pin. The range can vary from a 1 foot radius to a 10 foot radius. This allows the system to track and potentially deter a pet from different locations ranging from a small area to an entire room. The pet will be equipped with a specialized collar that will have a receiver module on it. Whenever the receiver picks up the transmitted signal, the transmitter’s id and a time stamp are stored to built-in memory. If the zone is designated as an off-limit zone, the pet will be deterred until it leaves the zone. When the pet’s owner wishes to see the recorded tracking information, he or she can remove the device from the collar and connect it to a computer via USB. An advanced software suite will display the information in a user friendly fashion. The ability to keep track of when and where your pet is violating off-limit zones will be a new technology to the market. The user can look at all the documentation recorded for their pet and follow its progress over time. Results Our final result was one of success. Our team accomplished the goal of designing and building a transmitter and receiver that