Esp8266 wifi garage door remote.
Esp8266 garage door.
I used an esp8266 nodemcu with a 5v relay connected normally open directly to the terminals on the back of the garage door opener unit.
You can control anything with your phone nowadays.
Nodemcu is powered by a microusb 5v and steps it down to 3 3v for the esp8266.
The esp8266 makes this an easy way to set this up in the garage with its low price built in wifi and a lot of gpio.
Esp8266 is coded as web server door can be open everywhere in the world with feedback you will know is the door is open or close in real time simple only one shortcut to make in your phone.
8 thoughts on making a simple door sensor from esp8266 nick b.
I ll show you how to make a simple way to do a garage door opener.
Esp8266 garage door opener.
I played around with lua and micropython on my esp8266 devices but now the tasmota actually allows me to do something useful with a bme280 sensor.
Let s explore using the esp 01 version of this soc to make our garage door smart.
February 21 2019 at 12 03 am.
Thought i d do something a little different today and just show a demo in the video below and write out the steps to the actual project here and on github.
Not long ago you had to shop online for smart home gizmos but now even the home improvement stores have a pret.
Warning it will oscillate if you fallow the other tutorials i tried the transistor and also using the opto isolator connected to ground but both pull the esp too close to ground it shorts out and will keep resetting itself.
So to eliminate the worry i built this esp8266 based garage door monitor and activator.
Diy garage door opener with esp8266 module and rpi published on.
Everyday when i leave for work i never remember if i closed the garage door.
By accessing pin vin we can still get 5v out to supply power to the 5v relay and the garage door remote.
And it s never been easier for diyers to make their own home automation components.
The esp8266 system on a chip soc is a very inexpensive way to make your thing internet connected.
Smart phone wifi controlled garage door opener with esp8266.
Welcome to the 13th raspberry pi tutorial.
This is a follow up project to my more expensive smart garage door opener at http hackaday io project 4027 arduino openhab garage door control.
During the rainy season here on the west coast of canada it s even worse.
Thanks for some really informative articles john.