Remote Monitoring Pest Trapping Cage

The project

We were approached by our client to take their proof-of-concept design and in a very short timescale develop prototypes ready for customer validation trials. The concept involved adding a modem and sensor to a live trapping cage to detect, and report, when a door falls (i.e. trap activated). 

Additionally, the unit was to be battery powered for hourly reports along with a weatherproof enclosure for outdoor deployment. Our design offered a number of improvements over the proof-of-concept including more robust wireless communication to the server, an improved user interface, and more reliable sensing method.

Good coverage and battery life performance Ease of operation and set up Robust design Rapid program delivery

Expert antenna design and careful power management techniques Simple and clear user interface design High reliability trigger mechanism Structured program design and rapid turnaround prototyping techniques