Garage Door Position Using Arduino

Of course those can be replaced by microswitches.

Garage door position using arduino.

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. Uses ifttt to update a google sheet when the status of the door changes. When the fingerprint scanner detects a match it turns the red led green and the applies 5v to the left prong of the transistor which switches and applies 0v to the positive terminal on the garage door bridges the connections for one second and then transistor turns back off. This is very handy when i need to get in with a handful of groceries.

A freetronics etherten or other network capable arduino board this is the brains of the. To calibrate the system the analogread values for ten somewhat equally spaced garage door positions are placed in an array of integers. Arduino wifi garage door opener step 1. The magnet is on the door.

In order to check the door state proximity magnetic switches are used. Since i wanted to sense the normal state i e. Another same size array of doubles receives the corresponding door positions in whatever units you want. I carry an rfid card in my wallet that works just like the key chain fob.

The diodes keep the high voltage from damaging the arduino board 3. Arduino garage door opener. 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. Before getting started you should find the best way to connect to your garage door opener.

Magnetic reed switches located on the garage door rails to monitor door open and closed. Garage parking assistant project tutorial by bcjams. Time to solder. Communicate with thinger io to send when the door opened closed auto closed or the module rebooted.

These can be static arrays that are initialized in your arduino code. The protoshield on the left of the arduino replaces the breadboard. This project uses an arduino microcontroller and an rdm630 rfid receiver to control access to my garage.