P13 - Development of Bolus Sensor for Cattle Rumen Monitoring
- Event
- iCCC2026 - iCampus Cottbus Conference
2026-05-05 - 2026-05-07
Cottbus - Band
- Poster
- Chapter
- Bio- & Umweltsensorik
- Author(s)
- C. Brockmann, A. Gäbler, U. T. Yeasmin, S. C. Pasupuleti, P. Arnold, U. Maaß, I. Ndip - Fraunhofer IZM, Cottbus
- Pages
- 170 - 172
- DOI
- 10.5162/iCCC2026/P13
- ISBN
- 978-3-910600-10-2
- Price
- free
Abstract
In order monitor the well-being of cows in grazing land scenario a rumen bolus monitoring system has been developed. It contains sensors for pH-, temperature and motion and is deployed inside the cow’s rumen. The data is transmitted wirelessly from the bolus in the cow’s rumen to anchor nodes using the LoRa protocol. The paper describers design of the sensor-, front-end-, wireless transceiver and power management electronic sub-systems as well as the integration into a bio-compatible housing along with the battery and an omni-directional antenna.