Yea the range is good. (small dogs) I just don’t want them wandering off. I suppose putting a bell on them would work but I can see more applications for this. (I dream BIG)
The beeping wouldn’t have to be very loud, Just enough to tell where they are (under the porch, shrubbery, car etc)
A lot of times I will be working on a project and they want to come out and be with me, so 50-100 ft range is perfect for this application.
This is not my first project just my first time posting on this site.
I have done some wireless projects in the past.
example Before the driveway monitors were widely commercially available, I built a battery operated transmitter/ receiver combo to ring a bell in the house; circa 1990.
I can think of several ways to use the RF link available from Sparkfun but I like the X-bee because of the serial capabilities.
As far as being able to ‘relax’ (term used loosely), I would like to test it with the dogs and maybe develop it into another product altogether.
Mike2545