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Alarm Working
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The Grind Contenues
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Tempature / Humidity
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Fully Built
Inspiration
Both of us have loved the idea of security and IoT devices in general and we wanted to create something accessible to the average citizen, regardless of their financial situation. It is our hope that everyone could learn from building this project as we did. We believe that we created a good demo for an open source Security system.
What it does
We created a simple proof of concept that a super cheep security system can be both easy to build (24 hours with no instructions) and effective.
How I built it
We use an Arduino to control incoming data from multiple sensors and used a Raspberry pi ( although any Linux computer will work ) to connect it to the internet.
Challenges I ran into
Getting the Arduino and Raspberry pi to stay in sync was our biggest hurdle. We decided at the end of our 24 hours that this could be fixed by swapping to asynchronous programing practices using JavaScript and Node.JS.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
By the end, in under 24 hours, we created a security system from scratch that can be controlled via email. We also created a website where files and more information about the project can be found, as well as a mobile app as another proof of concept.
What I learned
That no matter how many ups and downs you may have in a project, you can keep pushing and complete it.
What's next for MSUHack2020-AllFiles
What we would like to do next is to rebuild the python files, as well as modelizer the Arduino code. Doing this will move the project into a mature alpha phase. After that is done we would like to create a install wizard for people to use to easily install our systems. Once we go into full release we would like to start production on specially made parts using what we have learned in this competition. The further we move towards this goal, the more houses that will be secure.
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