Instructables Raspberry Pi Garage Door Opener

While this has been done before i thought i d post my solution.

Instructables raspberry pi garage door opener.

So i created my own that contains much more security logging of who opens the garage video capture garage status and more features. If the garage door is open when it shouldn t be then send a text message sms to a cell phone. I wasn t willing to kill my only remote. A wifi raspberry pi connected to a 2 channel relay connected to my actual garage door remote allows me to open and close my garage door with just a browser on my smartphone.

This instructable modifies two other guides. Raspberry pi zero garage door opener using blynk. Just got a magnetic sensor hooked up with door status on page. Raspberry pi garage door opener.

Opening and closing the door is secured by using self signed certificates installed on family s mobile phones. Raspberry pi sms garage door butler. Along the way i learnt about webiopi to check my gpio over a webpage. Most raspberry pi garage door remotes had open ports or other features i wasn t too fond of.

Converting a silverado work horse into a mean street truck senior silverado duration. Raspberry pi garage door opener with streaming video of door status. Our fifteen year old keypad that allows us to open the garage door has been slowly dying with several buttons that barely register making it difficult for our teens or dogsitter to get into the house when they forget their key. Same kind of setup but using an extra wireless remote.

Ever lose a garage door opener and looked for a replacement on amazon. This instructable explains how i setup a raspberry pi to open my garage door using a smarthphone. One of the inspirations for this project was the fine instructable at raspberry pi 3 garage door opener along with several others found on the internet. Use a raspberry pi and a smartphone to open close and monitor a garage door.

This was my first hardware project and instructable ever and i m sure. Vice grip garage recommended for you 1 05 46 full build. The garage door has been in continuous use since late 2014. Raspberry pi zero garage door opener hardware.

I figured i d make one using a 10 pi zero ok for like 30 after all accessories but at least i can use it to control my garag. The replacements for my garage door were 20 30. After only writing software for many years in web development creating something that interacts with the real world was a special kind of excitement for me when i saw it. Raspberry pi garage door opener with garagepi by chase chou.