1. MAY1010 BLANE CHESNUT CHRIS DONNELLY ADAM RASMUSSEN JOHN PRITCHARD ZACH BRUCE ADVISOR: DR. AHMED E. KAMAL CLIENT: DIGI Wireless Mesh Bear Tracking

2. Project Plan GPS Unit on bear collars Collar transmits GPS location via VHF frequency to land- based routing units Routing units relay collar location information to a remote end user

3. Project Design Collar units and routing units will contain the same hardware. PIC will be programmed differently according to the desired unit.

4. Implementation/Testing Parts  All parts have been sampled and purchased.  We have received all parts defined in our design document 4

5. Implementation/Testing Phone conference with Digi twice. PCB/Layout  All schematics and layout have been completed.  Layout sent for fabrication on February 15 th, received February 24 th.  Will be making 2 units 5

6. Implementation/Testing Programming  MPLAB program and all compilers installed  Have two programmers PICkit2 and a Microchip Puck.  PIC – defining pins required and how we will set them up  Understanding PIC, Tx/Rx, GPS communication 6

7. Implementation/Testing Hardware  Basic electrical tests  Matching Network verification Communication  PIC communication with Tx/Rx, USB, GPS, etc.  Unit-to-unit communication  Signal strength through highly dense area 7

8. Schedule 8 PCB ordered – Received February 24th Boards populated by March 15th Programming  Initialization by February 22 nd  Communication by March 1 st Communication – Unit to Unit by April 14th Project Poster due by April 14 th Design Report due by April 28 th