Email alert installation
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Participants | Amx109 |
Skills | Arduino, Electronics, Soldering, Programming |
Status | Planning |
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