1 Executive Summary Ever since the 19th century, driving an automobile has been one of the mainmeans of transportation. After several inventions from different people (Karl Benz,Henry Ford,etc.) the use of automobiles of all different sorts was increased greatlywhich in turn came with some problems.Some of the first cars invented were not as resistant to …
Introduction When I was little, I used to push the garage door button from inside the garage and then run out the garage while it’s closing… carefully jumping over the sensor so I don’t trip the safety mechanism. It was easy back then and a little fun. But nowadays, not so much. There are times …
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Update #1: Garage Monitor Memory Leak: Part 1. Update #2: I should point out that the arm on the switch I ended up using bent so it stopped working after about a month of use. I really need to figure out a way to mount the magnetic switch instead. I added a rough parts list …
This Instructable modifies two other guides. Just got a Magnetic Sensor hooked up with door status on page. Step 1: Do these Instructables First You need do this Instructable @http://www.instructables.com/id/Raspberry-Pi-Garage-Door-Opener Then do this one @ http://pimylifeup.com/raspberry-pi-webcam-server/ Next I will show what I changed to make the Video on the same screen as the button. Step …
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I had an extra Raspberry Pi laying around from when I ordered two of them a few months ago. I used the first one for a media center and it runs XBMC flawlessly allowing me to watch downloaded movies on my television. I pretty much have my entire DVD collection converted to DIVX format saved …
It has become apparent that WebIOPi is not yet compatible with the Raspberry Pi v2. If you are following this tutorial, you must be using the first-generation Pi. The link below for the B+ model is still valid, and this model will still work for this project. I’ve updated the Amazon links to point to …
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