Wireless Communications to Garage Door

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Wireless Communications to Garage Door

Postby V8mgb » Sat Nov 29, 2014 5:15 pm

I set up a low tech wireless communication system for my garage door. I still need to clean things up , here is what I did

- Relay connected to a door opener (what you would normally use in your car). When the relay closes it activates the remote to open / close the door
- I am using a set of NRF24L01 wireless transmitters to communicate / send door open / close position.
- Magnetic sensor attached to door opener trolley
- Needed a 2nd Arduino to receive the door position data which is connected to the Arduino and Ethernet running the My Door Opener code
- NRF24L01 and Ethernet used several of the same Ardunio pins which required me to add the additional Arduino
- Used all low cost ebay Arduino boards and Ethernet shield
- The NRF24L01 could also be used to trigger the door open / close. I wanted a more secure communications for this but I am sure something could be put together


Here are the major components

Arduino Boards $5.95
http://www.ebay.com/itm/141248764253?_t ... EBIDX%3AIT

Ethernet shield $12.99
http://www.ebay.com/itm/161180069943?_t ... EBIDX%3AIT

NRF24L01 High Power $4.95 (reference this page : http://arduino-info.wikispaces.com/Nrf2 ... 4GHz-HowTo )
http://www.ebay.com/itm/310651702557?_t ... EBIDX%3AIT

NRF24L01 Socket adapter $1.04 (need this for the 3.3V regulator)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/200960749614?_t ... EBIDX%3AIT
Attachments
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Door position transmitter mounted to door opener. LED indicates "Door in Open Position". I am using a magnetic pick up tool to trigger the sensor for testing
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Ethernet shield mounted to Arduino running main code. Also attached is the door position receiver (NRF24L01) , relay and door opener transmitter
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Door position transmitter (NRF24L01) in project box
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Re: Wireless Communications to Garage Door

Postby support » Sun Nov 30, 2014 9:25 am

Cool setup. Thanks for sharing!
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Re: Wireless Communications to Garage Door

Postby ChaAZydTalyr » Thu May 28, 2015 12:59 pm

V8mgb wrote:I set up a low tech wireless communication system for my garage door. I still need to clean things up , here is what I did

- Relay connected to a door opener (what you would normally use in your car). When the relay closes it activates the remote to open / close the door
- I am using a set of NRF24L01 wireless transmitters to communicate / send door open / close position.
- Magnetic sensor attached to door opener trolley
- Needed a 2nd Arduino to receive the door position data which is connected to the Arduino and Ethernet running the My Door Opener code
- NRF24L01 and Ethernet used several of the same Ardunio pins which required me to add the additional Arduino
- Used all low cost ebay Arduino boards and Ethernet shield
- The NRF24L01 could also be used to trigger the door open / close. I wanted a more secure communications for this but I am sure something could be put together


Here are the major components

Arduino Boards $5.95
http://www.ebay.com/itm/141248764253?_t ... EBIDX%3AIT

Ethernet shield $12.99
http://www.ebay.com/itm/161180069943?_t ... EBIDX%3AIT

NRF24L01 High Power $4.95 (reference this page : http://arduino-info.wikispaces.com/Nrf2 ... 4GHz-HowTo )
http://www.ebay.com/itm/310651702557?_t ... EBIDX%3AIT

NRF24L01 Socket adapter $1.04 (need this for the 3.3V regulator)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/200960749614?_t ... EBIDX%3AIT


Thanks V8mgb for sharing this cool setup with us

Best Wishes
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