[Noisebridge-discuss] Door bell

[Blaine Forbort]

I had a hell of a time getting in on Sunday.  There where a ton of people
near the buzzer, so I found it very odd that no one let me in.  Then a few
hours later someone reported that they had been buzzing for 10+ minutes, and
even though I was sitting near the buzzer, I only heard the buzzer go off
once and answered it immediately.

I also spoke to another individual about the idea of an RFID system for the
gate.  The concept was very simple: a pool of RFID tags would be left at
Noisebridge.  You grab an RFID tag on your way out, and it would grant you
automatic reentry on your return.  The hardware for such a system would be
VERY simple; something like this:
http://www.makershed.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=MKPX2 with a
microcontroller and a relay.

The question is, would Noisebridge cover the cost of the RFID tags?  They
run from $1.50 to $5 each depending on what kind of chip they use (Hitag
would be nice so it would work with my implant).  If so, I'd be very happy
to help with the project.

Blaine


On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 8:57 PM, Rubin Abdi <rubin at starset.net> wrote:

> I just took apart the door bell, it's pretty nasty in there. Seems like
> a ton of water on in there. Anyhow, our button is pretty much fucked. It
> feels like the casing around the button is more or less part of the
> front plate, I couldn't figure out how to take it out to clean. The
> short of it is the door bell really doesn't work anymore.
>
> Could the folks who've signed up to be contact people for the landlord
> contact them about getting it fixed?
>
> --
> Rubin Abdi
> rubin at starset.net
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