Re: Good & Bad news
Eh, my garage door unit died. It's an '80s-era unit, with a beefy motor the size of a hatbox, and the H-bridge stuff still worked, so I hooked up a Pi plus some magnetic travel sensors, and optical beams to detect stuff under the door.
The current units have motors the size of a soda can and take something like 8x as long to raise the door. I tried one and returned it because it was shite.
I then proceeded to hook it up to the local network, and made it accessible from my phone, with TLS client certificates. Now when I get to 65 meters of my door, it magically opens and I just ride in. It detects me riding in, then automatically closes the door.
I've looked, and "controlling your garage door" is basically the HELLO WORLD of Raspberry Pi
Biting the hand that feeds IT
