PET-PULSE

Tanmay Harsh (20BEC0243) Desamsetti Satya Pranay (20BEC0300)

School of Electronics Engineering School of Electronics Engineering
Vellore Institute of Technology Vellore Institute of Technology
Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
tanmay.harsh2020@vitstudent.ac.in desamsettisatya.pranay2020@vitstudent.ac.in

Arryan Verma (20BEC0321) Jerom John Shibu (20BEC0316)

School of Electronics Engineering School of Electronics Engineering
Vellore Institute of Technology Vellore Institute of Technology
Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
arryan.verma2020@vitstudent.ac.in jeromjohn.shibu2020@vitstudent.ac.in

Naman Tanwar (20BEC0400) Nitesh Tiwari (20BEC0713)

School of Electronics Engineering School of Electronics Engineering
Vellore Institute of Technology Vellore Institute of Technology
Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
naman.tanwar2020@vitstudent.ac.in nitesh.tiwari2020@vitstudent.ac.in

Abhishek Pandey (20BEC0717) Ankit Raj (20BEC0766)

School of Electronics Engineering School of Electronics Engineering
Vellore Institute of Technology Vellore Institute of Technology
Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
abhishek.pandey2020a@vitstudent.ac.in ankit.raj2020@vitstudent.ac.in

Dr. Subhathirai S P
School of Electronics Engineering
Vellore Institute of Technology
Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
subhathirai.sp@vit.ac.in

Abstract— This paper presents a pet tracking and health
monitoring device seeking to meet the urgent demand for
effective and dependable pet monitoring solutions. This
concept was inspired by pet loss, limited tracking options.
This project aspires to design and implement a small size
wearable device to monitor heart rate, behavior, temperature
and location of the pet for the same. The device also intends to
provide real-time location tracking, geofencing capabilities
and immediate alerts when canines leave designated secure
areas by leveraging modern technology. It also monitors
various health vitals and provides a detailed overview. By
addressing these issues, the device hopes to have a positive
impact on pets and their caretakers and make both their lives
more comfortable.
Keywords—GPS, Live location, Heartrate, customized PCB,
ADXL355
I. INTRODUCTION
Pet-Pulse is a novel approach to pet administration that
emphasizes on the health, safety, and engagement of pet
owners. Analyzing data pertaining to activities, sleep
patterns, and physiological parameters yields health
insights, enabling proprietors to detect potential health
issues early and facilitate opportune intervention.
Through incorporated sensors like temperature sensor,
accelerometer we get data of the health vitals and using the
GPS module we get the live coordinates of the pet. All of
this data is shown to the user/owner using the Wi-fi module
included and they get a better insight of their pet by seeing
the visualized data.
II. LITERATURE SURVRY
A unique method of monitoring heartrate of dog by
using accelerometers is proposed in the paper Lahdenoja,
Olli, et al. "Cardiac monitoring of dogs via smartphone
mechanocardiography: a feasibility study." BioMedical
Engineering OnLine 18.1 (2019): 1-14. A feasibility study
by Lahdenoja et al. (2019) found that smartphone MCG was
able to accurately measure heart rate in dogs, with a mean
error of less than 5 beats per minute compared to ECG.
However, the authors noted that the quality of the MCG
signal was affected by the dog's movement.
Other studies have also investigated the use of
smartphone MCG for cardiac monitoring in dogs. For
example, a study by Lee et al. (2021) found that smartphone
MCG was able to accurately measure heart rate and heart
rate variability in dogs with and without heart disease.
However, more research is needed to validate the use of
smartphone MCG for cardiac monitoring in dogs and to
develop algorithms that can accurately detect and classify
heart arrhythmias.
III. MATERIALS AND METHODOLOGY
The design implementation consists of two sub parts:
• Hardware Design
• Software implementation
A hardware consists of two subsystems, namely, power
and control subsystem.

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A. Power Subsystem As visible in Fig. 3, we have made a custom 3D casing
for enclosing it and making sure that the hardware remains
intact when put on the pet for testing.
Coming to the software part, we have designed a website
with the dashboard shown in Fig. 4.

Fig. 1. Power Subsystem

Fig. 1 shows the power subsystem. It consists of battery

charge circuit and different regulators to deliver power to Fig. 4. Dashboard
different control units.
B. Control Subsystem The main purpose of the website is to display the real
time generated data to the user in a way that the user can
easily understand it. Also, we can include many other
features on it as shown in Fig. 5 using data analytics.

Fig. 5. Website features

Fig. 2. Control Subsystem
Fig. 6 shows the various health vitals that we will be
A control subsystem as shown in Fig. 2, integrates displayed on the website using the real time data being sent
different sensors like the ADXL355(accelerometer sensor), on the cloud.
MLX90615(temperature sensor) and the NEO-M9N-
00B(GPS). It also consists of the communication modules
and programming modules.
To transfer the real time data to the cloud, we have used
a 4G LTE module here. Based on these system requirements
a circuit was designed followed by a 4-layer PCB
fabrication as below.

Fig. 6. Health vitals

The salient feature of the device is to send the live

location of the pet wearing it using the GPS module. Fig. 7
shows the section of the website where it will be displayed.

Fig. 3. Device implemented

Fig. 7. Live location using GPS

 IV. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
The following results were obtained after the initial
testing of the designed device. These results are discussed
below in detail.
A. GPS and LTE test
Fig. 8. GPS and LTE test
To test the GPS, the device was kept outside the room
and then the GPS data was recorded on the serial monitor.
This data is in long form which then can be converted to
actual latitude and longitude by adding a decimal after 2nd
digit
This GPS data was then stored in ThingSpeak platform
using HTTP command of the LTE module. Hence, the GPS
coordinates are: Latitude: 12.9727314o, and Longitude:
79.159171o. This was also verified using google maps.
B. Accelerometer Test
Fig. 9. Accelerometer Test
The device is equipped with a 3 axis accelerometer
sensor located underneath it. The plot shown in Fig. 9,
visually represents the variations in the x, y, and z axes,
capturing data as the sensor is moved in various directions.
C. IR Temperature Test
Fig. 10. IR Temperature Test
The IR temperature sensor is mounted below the
device and as shown in Fig. 10, the temperature data is
collected by placing the device over the human hand.
V. FUTURE PLAN
The following works are yet to be implemented in future for
further enhancing the stability and error-lessness of the
system.
• Antenna Tuning
• Accelerometer based heart rate detection
• MQTT Integration
• On ground Testing
• Data analytics and visualisation on the website
VI. CONCLUSION
The implemented device takes in real time data when
switched on and put on a pet and sends it over to the cloud.
The sent data is analyzed and gets displayed on the website
created. As the device is made by us, it can be later on
customized according the needs or requirements of the user.
The below is the work distribution and time plan:
• PCB and Circuit Designing - Naman (12)
• Design Review - Nitesh, Naman (10)
• 3D Printed enclosure-Tanmay, Arryan (10)
• ESP32 Driver Development-Naman, Pranay (8)
• AWS IOT Cloud Setup-Abhishek (8)
• MQTT Integration-Ankit, Jerom (8)
• Webpage-Abhishek, Jerom (8)
• Code Verification/review- Pranay (8)
• On real time/on-site testing-Tanmay, Nitesh (6)
• Documentation-Arryan, Ankit (6)
*Time is in hours*
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