When you input your password the arduino triggers a relay that acts like a wired garage door remote that you often see next to the internal door.
Garage door detector arduion.
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But this was complete overkil so in the end i settled on 2 colour high intensity 3 watt led that could be mounted outside our kitchen window and be driven by a cable.
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This project monitors two garage doors.
The most basic sensor and the most passive one is the light sensor.
The roost smart garage door sensor unveiled at ces 2018 will let you know if the door is open or closed.
When a door opens or closes the movements are logged.
So shall we get started then.
Roost sensor lets you know if you left your garage open.
A door that is not completely opened or stays open for to long triggers an alarm.
The garage door is closed as high on the arduino the closed door sensor is connected to the no pin and the fully open sensor is connected to the nc pin on the switches.
One sender unit mounted on the garage door and a receiver unit that sat inside with an indicator light with rf comms using one of the many different types of arduino rf shields.
This door controller is equipped with many different sensors.
On the lcd screen you can see the last movements of your doors.
The arduino and the unknown sensor will be placed approximately 4 meters from the garage door.
The other sensor that is interesting is the bme280.
This sets the garage door opening mechanism into motion letting you through with the a new felt sense of control over your home.
The controller monitors the light level inside the garage and simply reports the information on the website.
The roost smart garage door sensor is a wi fi connected device that sends a notification to your smartphone communicating the state of your garage door.
Connect your garage door sensor to the roost cloud through our free mobile app and become more engaged.