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Guidance on Car Door Lock Project

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Former Member over 10 years ago

First thing first. I am a noob at electronics. That being said, I was thinking of building a circuit using an Arduino based MCU where I walk to my car and it detects my phone and all the doors unlock if I walk towards it. If I walk away from my car, it will lock. I know this would be dealing with Bluetooth and door lock actuators. The problem I am having is I want the Bluetooth to be a beacon so an app on my phone can estimate the distance of the car and be able to communicate to the beacon and send it commands. I know by default that beacons are non-connectable. So I am stuck on that project because I really don't understand Bluetooth at all. Do I have to have two BT modules on one circuit? I think that is overkill.

 

At any rate, I need guidance on how to pursue this project. Any thing would help me.

 

Thanks in advanced.

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  • gadget.iom
    0 gadget.iom over 10 years ago

    Hi Scott

    Are you still working on this project?

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    0 gadget.iom over 10 years ago

    Hi Scott

    Are you still working on this project?

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    0 Former Member over 10 years ago in reply to gadget.iom

    Hi Paul, I really want to, but I don't know enough of the Bluetooth part of the project. I really would like to know the distance from the car to my phone. That way I can detect if I am walking towards or away from the car. Unless there is another way to do that part not using GPS?

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    0 gadget.iom over 10 years ago in reply to Former Member

    Ok. You might want to check out the Mercuino project. It seems to match your project goals very closely.

    The Mercuino Project: Keyless Entry System

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    0 Former Member over 10 years ago in reply to gadget.iom

    Cool. Maybe I need to ditch the beacon and just do what he did. If the BT is in range unlock, otherwise lock.

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    0 gadget.iom over 10 years ago in reply to Former Member

    It certainly might be a better position to start at.

    You could build in interesting refinements at a later date.

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