Hacking my garage door with the Raspberry Pi Pico W

Now my wife doesn't get angry at me for leaving the garage door open all day!

Here's the open source Raspberry Pi Pico W garage door sensor project, with instructions for how you can set up the same thing at your house: https://github.com/geerlingguy/pico-w-garage-door-sensor

And here are the items I purchased to complete the installation (some are affiliate links):

- Seco-Larm SM-4201-LQ Overhead Door Sensor: https://amzn.to/3EjG1qp
- RPi Pico Terminal Block Breakout Board: https://amzn.to/3tkZQY9
- Small breadboards for prototyping: https://amzn.to/3A6ha7b
- Breadboard solderless jumper wires: https://amzn.to/3UHCmYO

You can also buy the Pico WH ('W with Headers') if you want to avoid having to solder headers on the Pico W yourself.

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Contents:

00:00 - Here in my garage...
01:32 - Programming without code
02:19 - Hello, world!
04:51 - Kinda crazy YAML
06:53 - Home Assistant integration
07:39 - Garage install
09:13 - This is the good part
09:48 - Push notifications
10:47 - ESPHome - Pico vs ESP32?