Tag: Raspberry Pi
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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 rapidlyš¤£) 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…
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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…
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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…