wraggster
October 13th, 2013, 22:01
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Like many of us, [Felix] sometimes wonders if he actually closed the garage door. I know I’m always double-checking my car locks! So, he decided to automate his garage door to give him some peace of mind! (http://lowpowerlab.com/blog/2013/10/11/raspberrypi-home-automation-gateway-hardware-and-demo/)
He’s been working on a pretty big Raspberry Pi home automation series (http://lowpowerlab.com/blog/2013/10/02/raspberrypi-home-automation-gateway/), and in this final segment he shows off his new GarageMote board which, as you can guess, lets him wirelessly control the door. It’s a very simple board complete with a small relay, a diode, and 2 resistors. The 8 pin header provides connection to two hall effect sensors that detect the status of the garage door, and the original door opener. He then connects this to an open-source wireless Arduino clone of his own design, dubbed the Moteino (http://lowpowerlab.com/moteino/#whatisit). A pair of these communicate to the Raspberry Pi which acts as his secure home automation gateway server.
The whole project is extremely slick, and very well documented – so if you’re looking at automating your home, [Felix] has a wealth of knowledge to share — well at least if you want to use is Raspberry Pi!
Stick around after the break to see the web-server controlled garage door in action.
http://hackaday.com/2013/10/13/raspberry-pi-garage-door-automation/
Like many of us, [Felix] sometimes wonders if he actually closed the garage door. I know I’m always double-checking my car locks! So, he decided to automate his garage door to give him some peace of mind! (http://lowpowerlab.com/blog/2013/10/11/raspberrypi-home-automation-gateway-hardware-and-demo/)
He’s been working on a pretty big Raspberry Pi home automation series (http://lowpowerlab.com/blog/2013/10/02/raspberrypi-home-automation-gateway/), and in this final segment he shows off his new GarageMote board which, as you can guess, lets him wirelessly control the door. It’s a very simple board complete with a small relay, a diode, and 2 resistors. The 8 pin header provides connection to two hall effect sensors that detect the status of the garage door, and the original door opener. He then connects this to an open-source wireless Arduino clone of his own design, dubbed the Moteino (http://lowpowerlab.com/moteino/#whatisit). A pair of these communicate to the Raspberry Pi which acts as his secure home automation gateway server.
The whole project is extremely slick, and very well documented – so if you’re looking at automating your home, [Felix] has a wealth of knowledge to share — well at least if you want to use is Raspberry Pi!
Stick around after the break to see the web-server controlled garage door in action.
http://hackaday.com/2013/10/13/raspberry-pi-garage-door-automation/