My old keypad GDO gave up the ghost a while back so I decided I’d undertake a new Arduino based project. I ordered a Velleman 12 key keypad from some supplier. I don’t remember who, but I did a quick search and found a bunch of people selling them for about $5 US so this […]
Arduino Keypad Garage Door Opener Read More »
My garage door comes with a motor and a 433MHz remote that I don’t always carry with me because it is quite bulky and in the way. Because of that, sometimes when I am in front of it and I want to open it, I had to go inside and press the trigger switch that
Making a Smart BLE Receiver for My Dumb Garage Door Read More »
What do I need to start? The hardware requirements to start is: *Note: where can I purchase the material with all the components to build myself the system: http://iwup.altervista.org/shop/reference_list.pdf 1.-) Arduino UNO with USB cable 2.-) Ethernet Shield Arduino 3.-) Relay (for arduino 5 V) 4.-) Router Belkin (we recommend N150 or N300), also TPLink
Garage Door Opener with iphone using Arduino Read More »
You know that feeling of driving away from your house almost getting to work and saying “Now Did close the garage door?” . I hate that feeling and seeked out to resolve it in the smiplest/cheapest way I could. The starting point was of course Arduino. This project ended up being simpler than I could
Twitter garage door using the GE Choice ALERT system & Arduino Read More »
“M-my lord, it-it’s impossible to locate the ship. It’s out of our range.” – Nute Gunray We recently moved into a new house and as always the first problem to address was finding the optimal place to park cars in the garage. Ideally, we wanted to park the cars as close to the garage door
Using an Arduino as a garage car parking sensor Read More »
Although there are many garage door projects on Instructable using Arduinos, I needed/wanted something different. Last year, we had a warm summer and when I would come home after work, I would leave the garage door open about 1 foot so it could cool off. The trouble was that several nights I left the garage
Arduino Garage Controller Read More »
I’ve made an iButton garagedoor opener and logger. On a Dutch (kind of) eBay (www.marktplaats.nl) I found some iButtons and readers very cheap. I had no idea what to do with them, but I bought them anyway. My garage opens with a push on a button, so it must be possible to get that working
The iButton garage-door opener using an Arduino Read More »
The GarageUino is my first Arduino project that has resulted in a product that I actually use. It’s a garage port controller that features a 20 by 4 character LCD display, four LEDs, a button, two connectors for position sensors and an USB connector. Oh! And of course an Ethernet port for Internet access. I’ll get back to
Garage Remote – Arduino ft. Android Read More »
