Project - Smart livestock medication ecosystem

Overview

In the livestock industry, precision and accountability are paramount. Automed develops automated vaccination devices—smart dosing guns that weigh animals and administer the exact required vaccine dose. These devices also read NFC tags to identify individual animals, ensuring complete traceability.

We were tasked with building the software ecosystem to support this hardware. This included a mobile application for field operators to interface with the devices and a web-based CMS for herd managers to analyze data and configure protocols.

What we did

The project required a deep integration between software and hardware. We built:

1. Mobile Support Application: A Flutter-based app (iOS & Android) that connects to the Automed device via Wi-Fi or Bluetooth. It uses raw TCP socket communication to send commands to the device, retrieve usage logs, and push firmware updates.
2. Central CMS: An Angular-based web platform hosted on AWS. It serves as the command center where farm managers can view vaccination records, manage inventory, and deploy OTA updates to devices in the field.

The backend leverages AWS Lambda and PostgreSQL to handle millions of records efficiently, ensuring that data from the field is synced and accessible in real-time.