Tag: Raspberry Pi

  • Pi Garage Relay Lock-up

    After initial release with the Home Assistant mobile app performing the opening and closing it was observed that quick button presses (from my daughter pressing the button rapidlyšŸ¤£) that this could cause a lock up of the hardware in a weird way. You could see the lights on the relay change to show that the…

  • Pi Garage Interface Board

    Pi Garage Interface Board

    For interfacing with the garage door I knew (from my one) that there was the ability to add a wired push switch to the garage door to “toggle” it. However I had no idea what voltage/current this used as it was not listed in the manual. I also knew that other garage doors would potentially…

  • Pi Garage Base Hardware

    Pi Garage Base Hardware

    For the hardware I made it my mission to use as much common off the shelf components as I could that had a long supply life. I recall an Open Source touch rotary switch that had a small LCD screen in the centre of it. I thought it looked like something that Tony Stark would…