Development status¶
Updated 2026-10-03. Current prerelease: v0.1.0-alpha.2. Full hardware and RF acceptance remain open; see release notes.
Current capabilities¶
Additional passive signatures add Axon BLE, selected wearables/glasses, DULT state handling, informational beacons and Wi-Fi beacon Remote ID. The pack has 82 enabled rules / 21 categories plus three disabled candidates. Installed on the attached ESP32 with a successful boot/radio/save smoke check. Controlled product validation remains pending. Saved data has explicit category migration.
Speaker playback now includes the amplifier wake-up delay and a manual Test Sound control. Saved Off / Low / Medium / High volume applies to alerts and test tones. The user confirmed both speaker playback and volume operation on the Hosyond with a Treedix 1 W, 8Ω speaker; maximum loudness, distortion and current remain unmeasured.
Optional vibration and tooling¶
Optional LRA vibration alerts add independent Off / Alerts + Watch / Watch only settings and a pulse test. Existing saves migrate with vibration disabled. The driver code is included in the October 3 installed firmware; the optional motor and driver hardware have not been validated. Local build/test temporary-directory protections and a public documentation artifact check are also included.
Implemented and pending¶
| Area | Implemented | Still to validate |
|---|---|---|
| Hound and display | Six dogs; 33 frames each; care, outfits, compact alerts, landscapes, portrait, themes and saver | Formal readability, touch and accessibility checks across board revisions |
| Detection | 82 rules / 21 categories; bounded confidence, frame-role/OUI guards and Coverage help | Controlled product captures, false positives, capture loss and independent passive RF verification |
| Tag identity | Supported Samsung broadcast identity/state; selected-card Ignore fix; 64 saved ignores | Long-run recognition through ID rotation; AirTag rotation continuity is not implemented |
| Travel Watch | Ten-minute repeated-presence heuristic, progress and red warning; trigger seen on Hosyond | Controlled moving/stationary tests; no GPS or confirmed movement |
| Storage | Incremental SD validation, export feedback, safe eject, internal saves and authenticated ignore backups | Reader-based export/backup file checks, long exports and further SD/card combinations |
| Builds and tests | Pinned ESP-IDF 6.0.2; 19 host suites, seeded mutation checks, native/Wasm parity and release build passed | Remote CI result and final release sign-off; see the release workflow results |
| Audio and vibration | Speaker startup fix, saved volume and manual test; optional LRA alert patterns | Calibrated speaker output/current, distortion, and physical motor/driver operation |
| Memory and power | Bounded queues, diagnostics, memory reductions, manual calibration and audio off by default | 80 KB minimum-heap target, measured power, battery tests and formal eight-hour soak |
| Documentation | Hound-themed Zensical site, browser lab and combined docs/lab workflow | Release-specific workflow/deployment results |
Hardware evidence¶
- Speaker Test Sound and volume selection were confirmed on the connected Hosyond; High was described as quiet.
- The maintainer reports 50 USB cold boots, display/four-corner touch and missing/full/interrupted SD checks tested on the Hosyond.
- Hosyond display colors are correct with inversion off.
- A 32 GB card mounted; a 581-record export, safe eject, remount and restored outfit were reported.
- Earlier overnight readings were about 82 KB free / 72 KB minimum, with increasing SD writes. The minimum-heap acceptance target is still unmet.
- A C3 room test received Samsung FD5A advertisements, but did not isolate a particular physical tag as their source.
Before an OSS release¶
Complete the release gates: retain accurate limitations, complete license/provenance review, record hardware acceptance and assemble verified artifacts. Source availability must not be presented as completed product-accuracy validation. Phone GPS, tag ringing, active probing and the remaining planned detection expansions stay deferred or research-only; see the roadmap.