Diy Hidden Bookshelf, Powered By Arduino And Google Home
Made by engineering-dads / Home Automation / Kids & Family / Security / IoT
About the project
Named after the famous historical library, Project Alexandria is a smart home controlled hidden storage container designed to look like a standard bookshelf. Using a linear actuator, WIFI development board and Adafruit integration, this project will help keep all your valuables secure and out of sight.
Project info
Difficulty: Moderate
Estimated time: 1 week
License: GNU General Public License, version 3 or later (GPL3+)
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Project Alexandria is a fully enclosed, google home integrated hidden bookshelf with automated opening/closing capability. Perfect little DIY project when you want a more subtle place to store the important goods in your house.
Code is based on the adafruit Gmail Servo project, initially designed by Brent Rubell and can be found here https://learn.adafruit.com/gmailbox/code
When downloading the file, the arduino.ino code must also have the config.h file attached. Please update the required field such as Adafruit username, IO key and wifi credentials as stated in the gmailbox code
Youtube video explaining how it was all put together: https://youtu.be/XJqeq4Gd-TE
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