Tessel Door

Tessel Door

Counting door opening via Tessel module Accelerometer and saving data to SynergyKit.

What you will need:

• SynergyKit account and free application
• Tessel platform
• Accelerometer module
• Door

SynergyKit

SynergyKit is Backend as a Service for building REST & real–time APIs.

Accelerometer

Detect orientation and movement of your Tessel by measuring gravity / acceleration.

• 3-Axis Digital Accelerometer
• 12-bit resolution Selectable
• ±2g/±4g/±8g scales

Step 1

Clone this repository

git clone git@github.com:SynergyKit/Tessel-Door.git 

Change directory into that folder

cd Tessel-Door 

Step 2

Plug the accelerometer module into Tessel port A with the hexagon/icon side down and the electrical components on the top, then plug Tessel into your computer via USB.

Step 3

Install accelerometer library by typing

npm install accel-mma84 

and SynergyKit Node.js SDK by typing

npm install synergykit 

Step 4

Create your SynergyKit account here. Than create new application and grab your tenant with application key. Both insert in this line of code in door.js file

Synergykit.Init("YOUR_TENANT", "YOUR_KEY") // Initialization of SynergyKit

Step 5

Push your code to Tessel platform by typing

tessel push door.js 

Step 6

Unplug your tessel from computer and plug it to another source of energy, for example power bank.

Step 7

Attach whole device on the door.

Bonus

You can create simple client JavaScript with JavaScript SDK to watch door opening real-time.