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Pretty cool! Soon you can teach her to text you when your dryer finishes its cycle (;

• gregorymichael 12y ago
  That was an awesome project using pretty much the same tech! For those who haven't seen it: http://makezine.com/2014/12/15/laundry-text-message-alerts-with-arduino-yun/ http://makezine.com/2014/12/15/laundry-text-message-alerts-w...
  • chairmankaga 12y ago
    Didn't even know about this when I wrote the comment. Now I'm a little more inspired to look into hardware hacking. Thanks!
  • mattdotc 12y ago
    That's a pretty decent idea for a project, but I would have instead hooked into the buzzer signal. The author over-complicated his solution, but that doesn't make it invalid.
    • cdcarter 12y ago
      My landlord wouldn't love me very much if I started taking apart my dryer to hook a mysterious wired object to the buzzer...
      • djeikyb 12y ago
        i thought the same thing until i read the actual instructions: http://www.instructables.com/id/Washer-Dryer-Laundry-Alarm-using-Arudino-SMS-Text-/?ALLSTEPS http://www.instructables.com/id/Washer-Dryer-Laundry-Alarm-u... it uses an accelerometer to detect the motion of the washer. no need to dissect your large home applicances!