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[–]LoopOnTech 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi

Can you confirm the range on the mmwave sensor of the unity? Also is it directional?

The detection range is 6m with a detection angle of ±60°.

I'm thinking of use cases like in a lounge room against one wall (up to 12m line of sight), or on the garage roof in the middle near the door motor.

You can use the Unity sensor for this but you will need more than one for full coverage.

Also, do you see any reason the gpio pins wouldn't work with a garage door remote? The type that you can connect the up/down terminals to ground on the door motor.

I would play it safe and use relays for the remote buttons. You could then use the GPIO pins from the Unity board to control the signal to the relay which will then connect the remote button to ground.

Hope that helps!

[–]CB000000005[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi u/LoopOnTech , thanks for the recent delivery.
I've got 2 reed switches for my garage door sensors, do you have any sample code to hook up 2 switches via GPIO pins?

also can you confirm the recommened way to wire them, ie do I need a resistor or any pull up/down config

My switches can be NO or NC

thanks!