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title: "Maker Project: Creating a Garage Door Opener"
url: "https://maker.wiznet.io/scott/projects/Maker-Project-Creating-a-Garage-Door-Opener/"
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type: "UCC: User Created Content"
author: "scott"
author_url: "https://maker.wiznet.io/scott/"
original_author: "scott"
original_url: "https://www.codeguru.com/columns/experts/maker-project-creating-a-garage-door-opener.html"
published: "2019-04-02"
language: "en"
hardware: ["Arduino UNO", "Ethernet Shield", "Relay Module"]
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# Maker Project: Creating a Garage Door Opener

> Maker Project: Creating a Garage Door Opener

Original author: scott (source: https://www.codeguru.com/columns/experts/maker-project-creating-a-garage-door-opener.html)

## Components

- **Arduino UNO** x 1 ([docs](https://www.farnell.com/datasheets/1682209.pdf))
- **Ethernet Shield** x 1
- **Relay Module** x 1
- Software: **Web Server**

## Article

Have you ever wanted to control your garage door from your smartphone? By using a basic Arduino Uno, an Ethernet Shield, and a Relay Module, you can open and close your garage door from your smartphone too, from anywhere in the world (granted you have internet access!). This article is a tutorial to control the garage door using Arduino and Ethernet shield. Inside his garage there is a button for opening the door. He used this button as a relay connected to the Arduino. ![](https://maker.wiznet.io/uploads/2019/04/Garage2-168x300.png) And Arduino is working as a Web server, and he makes it possible to control the garage door on his smart phone. ![](https://maker.wiznet.io/uploads/2019/04/Garage3-300x200.jpg)

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Source: https://maker.wiznet.io/scott/projects/Maker-Project-Creating-a-Garage-Door-Opener/