Instructables Garage Door Sensor

Super simple to make and cheap.

Instructables garage door sensor.

Diy deadbolt and garage door sensor led here s a great way to always check whether or not you locked the deadbolt in the door or if the garage door may be open. Magnetic reed switches located on the garage door rails to monitor door open and closed. Communicate with thinger io to send when the door opened closed auto closed or the module rebooted. A customizable android app connects to arduino via password protected bluetooth pairing.

I ran both the magnetic door sensor wiring added the 22 2 wiring for length as well as a cat5 cable i had connected to the garage door opener ports red white on the garage door to my master closet. Turn your normal garage door smart using this diy project. I will show you how to build it and control it using home assistant over mqtt and have the ability to remotely open and close your garage door i will be using an esp8266 board called wem. It s a pain to wait for someone with a key so i thought i would do something about it this project is.

A bluetooth hc 05 module receives commands from an android phone to open doors and transmits back the door states to the phone wether the door is open or closed. The magnet is on the door. As a person without a car i don t need to carry keys around everywhere i go. The first picture is the wiring of my garage door.

Use an arduino to activate relays for opening garage doors and electric door locks. Because of this i ve been locked out of my own house several times.