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GARAGE

This project uses an ESP2866 with nodeMCU firmware to control a garage door.

Controlling a garage door from a microcontroller is easy. All you need to do is emulate a push button with a relay and wire it in parallel with the real push button on your garage door motor.

Hardware

I bought a kit from eBay that came with most of what I needed:

  • A cheap CH430 USB to Serial TTL adapter with 3.3V logic
  • A bunch of female to female jumper wires and jumpers
  • A somewhat useful carrying board that makes access to GPIO pins impossible as soldered.
  • AM1117 5V to 3.3V power supply with 800 mA capacity.
  • Female USB cable
  • ESP-01 board, which gives access to 2 GPIO pins.

Separately, I bought 2 relays that can handle way more voltage and current than I need, but are handy because I can drive them with 3.3V logic of the ESP2866.

Open issues

  • When the ESP2866 powers up, both GPIO pins are in input mode, which the relay reads as logic high. That’s not good, as it would trigger a garage door opening! I need to invert the logic. What’s the easiest and cheapest way to do this?