I need to build one that can be used outdoors.

Where can I find the schematics for this kind of circuits?

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      Keep in mind z-wave and zigbee devices can be low power. Plus they form a mesh network so can have fairly large total area. The controller though might not be that low power.

      Dogs … they may be leaving based in small not sound. Also sound… the higher energy part of that is the actual speaker. Other the thing to think about too. Ultrasound beyond human hearing. Dogs do not like.

      The other question is how do you plan on triggering the sound. That seems a bit more complex unless it is just timer based or you pushing a button.

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          OK. So I think you have your answer. Case, board, battery, timer circuit, tone generator. Look these up on the web. Lot of them will be based on the 555 timer chip. A common electronics store is Jameco and Newark. There are other sound chips too but I am not familiar with the numbers. Simple oscillators do not actually need an IC, could probably just be discrete. Keep in mind to electronics do have temperature ranges, performance of whatever you design will have to be tested at different temperatures.

          More realistic sounds, I think that gets harder fast. To do that you’d have to in the end record sounds into a PROM and read it out though a DtoA. Or use an SBC and program it.