Genius does not require this much effort.

What did you end up going with? Hopefully not a string door.

I have made simpler, so simple, not really.

"one could argue you have too much time on your hands " make the argument.

" there aren't enough pins in the Arduino" You could have used a Motor shield.

You ever get it to work?

You ever get the answer?

@@AztecWarrior69 nope.

@@fishfreak911 2:19 "debounce logic" I am guessing he means.... Bounce is referring to the effect that electronic waves (caused by almost anything like static in the air to microwaves and RF signals) will affect the microcontroller and give false triggering. Think of it this way. Say you have a switch that is set up outside with a thin piece of metal that makes a connection between two contacts, that is supposed to work/make connection (send signal or power) to power a light bulb inside. A door/window opens and makes contact and the light turns on. HOWEVER the wind keeps blowing a lot or every once and a while. Giving you false triggering so the light will be turning off and on , flickering, Bouncing. In this case it is not wind but the probability that he did not press and hold the button down long enough or clicked it too fast. Debounce logic is either making it Hold positive (Pull Up) or completely disconnected, combined with logic code that will help decide/control whether or not it was an actual press of the button or just electrical interference. Programing wise it can be done by timing how long the button is pressed. Kinda like when the host of Who Wants to be a Millionaire asks if that is the final answer. In the example of the windows/door switch, it is like adding a spring to hold it in the open position or the closed position so slight pushes of the wind won't make the metal make a connection. Most common way to do that in Microcontrollers is to stabilize the switch by making it go HIGH (pull up) (the logic part). By making it have a solid constant power/high/positive voltage, those erratic and fluctuating electronic waves (the wind) have no effect on it because it is already has power/high/positive voltage. There are many articles on how this works. KZfaq won't let me link them here. I am not the best at explaining and I am not an expert with microcontrollers so I how I did not make it more confusing. " I guess I'm not understanding how you are controlling the time." Do you mean the time it takes to open and close and how to stop the motor, in time. As in how does the controller know how long does the door take to open and close. OR Are you wanting to know how he controls what time the door is to open and close? As in what time of day to open and close.

Too much.

acrylic is nice but it might warp with the heat. So depending on where you live it might not be a good idea. Now if you put strips of cutting board as part of the track or bothe track and door, then yeah it makes it way better.

The drill is gutted and the switch is bypassed. Control comes from the arduino.

I had to find the guy you were were replying to. Left this as a reply to them. ""yard-sale salvaged garage door opener." what? that is more complicated than this video. First. "Automatic Chicken Coop Door Opener Project" is a good title. It never says anything about how complicated or made any claims of it being easy to do. "Automatic Chicken Coop Door Opener Project" perfectly described the video. What's you problem? Second. Your "solution" is way worse. you have to have a opener that will work you have to mount it the size of it is just stupid huge for a chicken door unless you actually have chickens in a garage sized coop running power to coop you have to disable the sensors and many other things you have to work around. You say you were "able" to do this. Well show proof and all that you had to do to get it to work. Normally I don't require proof if the idea sounds easy and plausible, but since you are so arrogant and rude, I think you should. Put up a video of it working. " Now this is my response to you. No. "The built-in remote with the garage-door opener is definitely a strong point." the remote is not a strong point at all. There are many other devices that have remote capabilities without all the drawback. Now and 13 years ago.

Walt Lars Not sure exactly what Clint did, but you can use an H-bridge circuit for this sort of thing. These can either be bought as is, or constructed from several electrical relay switches. I've done this myself for the very same purpose here.

It's simpler than it sounds. H-bridges are just made of relays (which you'll find in your car; they're not just techy things). A relay just opens/closes electrical circuits. You apply a small electrical current, and it activates an electromagnet which pulls on a regular old magnet that opens/close an electrical circuit as it moves. Using 4 simple relays, you can set things up so that in one configuration of magnet positions, the current flows one way through the drill, and in another configuration, the current flows the other way. That's all an H-bridge is. Clint is using an Arduino to control the drill. This is basically just a very simple computer with the ability to turn on/off very small currents programmatically. These small currents are what he's likely using to trigger the relays in an H-bridge circuit in order to switch between forward and reverse.

@@ChristopherSmall-metasoarous FOUR RELAYS? Why? All you need is two.

triumphmanful Go with a powered car antenna or a ram arm actuator. For the lock, you can make what I call a teeter-toter "L" shaped arm (there are some youtube vids out there for reference).

@@deasttn they say too complicated and you give them too complicated LOL

@@AztecWarrior69 the car antenna is self contained motor and switches. Its built for outdoor use, too. Mine has been working great for years.

@@deasttn Not build for outdoor use It is built for in-car use. Designed only to hold itself up, not move a door. So what if it is "self contained motor and switches" , mounting the thing is a hassle. " you can make what I call a teeter-toter "L" shaped arm " Pain in the ass to get it to swing not "teeter totter" . And you either have to have a jigsaw or bend metal. So again I say, they say too complicated and you give them too complicated LOL.

@@AztecWarrior69 I guess u only drive your car indoors? I only drive mine outdoors. And now that I think about it, my door antenna is indoors (inside my coop)

not the same.

Why are you taking it so hard? Why you getting your feels hurt over someone telling you the truth?

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"yard-sale salvaged garage door opener." what? that is more complicated than this video. First. "Automatic Chicken Coop Door Opener Project" is a good title. It never says anything about how complicated or made any claims of it being easy to do. "Automatic Chicken Coop Door Opener Project" perfectly described the video. What's you problem? Second. Your "solution" is way worse. you have to have a opener that will work you have to mount it the size of it is just stupid huge for a chicken door unless you actually have chickens in a garage sized coop running power to coop you have to disable the sensors and many other things you have to work around. You say you were "able" to do this. Well show proof and all that you had to do to get it to work. Normally I don't require proof if the idea sounds easy and plausible, but since you are so arrogant and rude, I think you should. Put up a video of it working.