Garage Door Opener
I bought a house on October 9, 2020. This house has a garage door, and like any normal person of course I had to automate it.
One of the first things I did when I moved into my house was research some automation. I initially bought a half dozen ESP8266 devices and tried to figure out what I could do with them. I found Home Assistant and set that up on my server computer, along with ZoneMinder for security cameras.
![NodeMCU ESP8266 module](https://tyrel.dev/blog/images/2022/01/garage-nodemcu_esp8266_module.jpg)
NodeMCU ESP8266 module
I knew I would need some sort of relay (domain purchased from is gone) and reed switches …
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