Developing a Startup’s Smart Dog Collar from the Ground Up

Precise pet activity monitoring and safety control

The client is a startup that manufactures connected pet products.

Problem

Wagz worked on an innovative smart collar used by pet owners to monitor and control their dogs. The company needed a partner that could handle the full-cycle development of the device.

Solution

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The Softeq team provided a solution that brings together a host of in-house development skills including hardware and software engineering and enclosure design, as well as mobile (Xamarin) and web (AngularJS) programming. In addition, we executed extensive R&D and analysis to ensure the success of the client’s innovative IoT product.

The solution’s functional components are:

GPS module
Step counter
Built-in microphone-speaker combo, which allows pet owners to issue voice commands remotely

Optional add-on:

Camera mounted on a collar that streams video to a user's smartphone

The main solution features include:

Embedded Linux
IMX6 platform for the camera module
GPS/geo-location tracking
A Geofence setting
4-leg step counter that tracks daily fitness activity
Car light detection and a flashing LED warning light
A barking detection algorithm
Capturing live audio and streaming the owner's voice via smartphone to an embedded speaker
AWS IoT integrated (MQTT protocol)

Engaged for full-cycle development of the innovative smart collar, Softeq is currently in the mass production stage.

consumer electronics

Terry Anderton —

Serial Entrepreneur, WAGZ project

My sense from Softeq’s genuine level of interest and enthusiasm for the project is that they really got it. They leaned in a big way to understand the market place, understand the competitive landscape, the specific requirements of what would differentiate my product from others.

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Result

Softeq developed the smart collar—a multi-sensor wearable device that leverages advanced technology to monitor a dog's location, fitness activity, and behavior. It can also help prevent car accidents and straying by limiting their walking area through a virtual fence.