diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 7d77977..ada9ae9 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -2,21 +2,47 @@ This project was started in April 2022 and the objective of this project was to restore an exterior electric gate that had not worked for over 15 years. -### Table of contents +## Table of contents [[_TOC_]] -### Context -In my yard, there has always been an electric gate that I have seen work very few times, if ever. +## Context +In my backyard, there has always been an electric gate that I have rarely, if ever, seen work. -I decided to repair it as I felt I had the DIY and electronic skills to get it working again. +I decided to fix it because I thought I had the DIY and electronic skills to make it work again. -This courtyard gives access to different houses and the access to it is therefore shared. This implies that the operation of the latter must be low, easy and without constraint. +This gate gives access to different houses and therefore its access is shared. This implies that its operation should be low, easy and unencumbered. -### Choice of technologies +It has not worked for about fifteen years since it requires a 230V three-phase power supply. The subscription was cancelled to have only single-phase and the gate remained open since that day. -#### Hardware +## Before anything -For this project, I had the opportunity to make my own electronic board in order to build a reliable, clean and easy to install system. +The state of the portal before starting my project was as follows: +- A three-phase motor that needs to run on single-phase (conversion required). +- Mechanical limit switches to be changed +- A broken photoelectric sensor to be changed +- The electronics of the gate to be completely redone -See : [LiHoCo Yard gate PCB v1.0](hardware/PCB/yard_gate_pcb_v1.0.md) +## Required elements + +### Hardware + +For this project, I made an electronic board to build a reliable, clean and easy to install system: [LiHoCo Yard gate PCB v1.0](hardware/PCB/yard_gate_pcb_v1.0.md) + +I also needed other components such as: +- [Mechanical limit switches](https://www.conrad.fr/fr/p/interrupteur-de-fin-de-course-tru-components-xz-9-108-1426610-250-v-ac-10-a-levier-pivotant-a-galet-a-rappel-ip65-1-pc-s-1569253.html) +- [Photoelectric sensor](https://fr.aliexpress.com/item/32810795246.html) +- [Warning light](https://fr.aliexpress.com/item/1005002878506861.html) +- [433MHz RF remote control](https://fr.aliexpress.com/item/1005003238379943.html) +- Junction box +- Cable + +### Software + +[ESPhome](https://esphome.io/) was the easiest solution to implement the portal system. I used it to make my ESP32 program + +## Points of improvement + +### Security : No rolling code + +The EV1527 433MHz receiver module does not allow code rolling as the HCS301 KeeLoq protocols do. Nevertheless, since the gate does not give any access to the interior of a house, this point does not really pose a problem. \ No newline at end of file