Arduino Garage Controller

by aramperez

Overview

Although there are many garage door projects on Instructables using Arduinos, He needed/wanted something different. So He thought, he could use an Arduino with a real-time clock (RTC) to automatically close the garage door at 9 pm. So he built the first version of a garage controller. I used two sensors, one for “door is closed” and the other for “door is fully open” and a relay. The controller worked quite well.

He also made it to connect ethernet shield with Vera 2 – Smart home controller – for smart phone’s app, instead of WiFi shield. Vera 2 can supports uPnP, Vera 2 can control the garage controller with smart phone anywhere, anytime.

How to make

He exlains this instructable as followng steps
* Step 1: Parts & Tools
* Step 2: Schematic/Block Diagram
* Step 3: Arduino Uno, Ethernet Shield & 4 Channel Relay Module
* Step 4: Breadboard
* Step 5: Door Sensors and Pushbutton
* Step 6: The Arduino Code
* Step 7: The Vera Code
* Step 8: Future Enhancements and Conclusion

Schematic

Learn More

Goto original : http://www.instructables.com/id/Arduino-Garage-Controller/