Turn your iPhone into a garage door opener?

[shakespeare]

Tech skeptics have been calling the iPhone a mere toy since its introduction, but the proliferation of apps and ancillaries tells a different story. From the "what will they think of next?" file comes MyDoorOpener, a two-pronged hardware/software solution for turning your iPhone into a garage door opener. That's right, to replace one thing, you need two! The rub is that you'll have your iPhone with you anyway, and if your car's not equipped with HomeLink, then the MyDoorOpener solution could mean one less thing to rattle around in the center console.

The software is not yet approved, oh, and you'll have to build the receiver unit, too. That's right, break out the soldering iron and get comfortable with integrated circuits and transistors. It's not simple for everyone, but it's not rocket surgery, either. Lest the tinfoil in your hat start to chafe your scalp, rest assured that communications between devices is encrypted for security. All the instructions and details are at MyDoorOpener.com, and at least they provide schematics so you can make the stuff yourself, instead of buying some black box that puts your monthly balance in the red.

[Source: autoblog via MyDoorOpener.com]

[Nepharius]

~$100 and you have to build yourself (although looks like a real easy build premade micro controller board and a relay, resistor and 2 transistors) seems a tad steep to turn your iphone into a remote for your garage door. Probably could have saved a bit of money if they had plans to build it off a simple $5 micro although I guess that'd make building it harder.

[Mr Nasa]

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[shakespeare]

Now the clever idea would be to build one into your car, hard wire so you never worry about batteries again and also you'd never lose it

In saying that the MPS 6 has a nice little compartment under the DSC switch where I keep my garage controller, on the 3's there's no door on the compartment so you'd need some velcro to keep the controller in place!