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Internet of Things with Arduino Cookbook

You're reading from   Internet of Things with Arduino Cookbook Build exciting IoT projects using the Arduino platform

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2016
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781785286582
Length 188 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Marco Schwartz Marco Schwartz
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Table of Contents (9) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Connecting an Arduino to the Web FREE CHAPTER 2. Cloud Data Monitoring 3. Interacting with Web Services 4. Machine-to-Machine Interactions 5. Home Automation Projects 6. Fun Internet of Things Projects 7. Mobile Robot Applications Index

Remote controlled garage door


In this recipe, we are going to build a very useful project to automate your home: a garage door controller. Not only will you be able to control the garage door remotely, but you will also automatically receive alerts on your phone whenever the garage door is opened!

Getting ready

All garage doors around the world are different, so in this project I will actually simulate the closing part of a garage door. Then it will be up to you to actually apply it to your own system that you have in your home.

For this recipe, we are going to connect two components to the Arduino board: a relay, which will simulate the garage door motor, and a proximity sensor, which will be used to detect if the garage door is in the closed position.

This is the list of components that we are going to use in this project:

This is the final result:

Of course, from there, you will need...

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