RFID Door opener
This is a small project for those that always forgot their keys and want to be able to open a door with an RFID card.
You can also open your door remotely with this project.
This project was made using the SmartLiving Arduino starter kit and a grove RFID sensor.
The RFID tags are read using with the grove receiver and used to open my door using a ZWave Smart lock in my apartment (Alternatively you can retro fit a servo/relay solution on the Arduino but this needs some pro maker skills - Something for another project ;) ). For this example I'll just fake it using an LED to simulate the door lock. Of course you can replace this with a relay contact or something you prefer.
I have set up the LED as an asset in SmartLiving, so I'm also able to control it from anywhere using my mobile or browser. This way i can give access to people when I'm not at home, such as the cleaning woman :-)
Ingredients :
- SmartLiving Starter Kit
- grove RFID reader (SEN11425P)
- RFID tags (RFR103B2B)
Recipe :
- Create an account in SmartLiving (if you don’t have one yet)
- create your device under your account (for example RFID reader)
- upload your sketch on the Arduino ethernet, i’ve added my example below
- Connect the Grove LED to PIN D8 on the Grove shield
- Connect the RFID reader on PIN D2 on the Grove Shield
When Running the sketch on the Arduino, both assets are created under your Device in SmartLiving.
To automate things, i have created a rule in SmartLiving which turns the LED on when the RFID from my card matches with the string i entered in my rule.
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