Stop Garage Pirates with a Garage Door Sensor - Video

Never forget to close your garage door again. You can use the Vegetronix proximity sensor with VegeCloud to get text and email messages, when you forget to close your garage door at night.

The sensor will detect doors, gates, people, pets or other objects in its field of view. The distance depends on the size, color and surface finish of the object that you are trying to detect. For example: it can detect your hand at about 30cm (12 in), and detect a white surface or door at about 1 meter of range.

The IR sensor emits an invisible infrared beam of modulated light. It detects this light as it bounces back from objects. Its internal filter rejects visible light, so it will still work in full sunlight.

The sensor can be placed anywhere. It comes with an adhesive tape on the back side. Merely peal off the cover on the tape and stick it to any surface.

The proximity sensor will interface to nearly any other device. It consists of only 3 wires: power, ground and out. The output is 0V when it detects an object, and 3V when it can't see anything.