Email alert installation

Projects
Participants	Amx109
Skills	Arduino, Electronics, Soldering, Programming
Status	Dead
Niche	Electronics
Purpose	Fun

Goal

To monitor an email account, and upon receiving an email play a sound or enact other physical motion/interaction.

Specs

• Be able to trigger an event from a new email received
• Be able to play a sound when triggered
• Option to mute sound
• Option to change or reduce sound for specific time perdiods
• Possibility for extending trigger action to multiple things

Solution

Basic Play-a-Sound

Raspberry Pi to monitor email account and play a sound through an amplified speaker.

Kinetic Additions

Interface the Raspberry Pi with an arduino, and use that to drive a servo/relay/solenoid for a more physical affect

Parts

• Raspberry Pi
• Power Source
• SD Card
• Powered Speakers

Code

Available on github