Automation of space is always interesting. The mac video we watched during our forum was rather fun, as well as the others that we saw in the past. My midterm has evolved into somthing of this kind. The system in the immersive lab is great, but I want more automation. My design is as follows.
As I have researched RFID for a while, I have found that the pricepoint is rather high for the devices that are passive and rather small. The advantage to this is powerless and individually marked tags (very cool). Just recently, after having class with Perry and working on our basic stamps, I realized that parallax.com should have something to offer, and they do. I quickly picked up a 413 mHz keyfob tag (you know the ones for your car...heres a picture) and a transciever unit. 75 foot line of sight and I am going to try and turn on the lights and open the door before I even get near the zemeckis lab! Basically, think of it as rigging the immersive lab with a car alarm.
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