Steve placed one sensor near the ceiling and the other is on the ground.
Raspberry pi wifi garage door opener without relays.
While this has been done before i thought i d post my solution.
This model is necessary as it has wireless support while the raspberry pi zero does not.
Opening and closing the door is secured by using self signed certificates installed on family s mobile phones.
With a magnet attached to the garage door the pi relies on two magnetic reed switches to check the garage door s status.
Raspberry pi garage door opener.
Use a raspberry pi and a smartphone to open close and monitor a garage door.
It controls the door.
This was my first hardware project and instructable ever and i m sure.
The relay should be wired in the normally open position so that when activated the circuit will close and the garage door will open close.
The project relies on a raspberry pi zero w using 8 gb of storage on a microsd card.
If you need more details follow the guide we ve written on how to use a relay with the raspberry pi.
This instructable explains how i setup a raspberry pi to open my garage door using a smarthphone.
If the garage door is open when it shouldn t be then send a text message sms to a cell phone.