{"id":16034,"date":"2016-12-07T16:00:14","date_gmt":"2016-12-07T15:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16034"},"modified":"2016-12-07T15:16:53","modified_gmt":"2016-12-07T14:16:53","slug":"last-few-days-for-the-maketronix-alarm-build-your-own-raspberry-pi-powered-alarm-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16034","title":{"rendered":"Last few days for the Maketronix Alarm &#8211; build your own Raspberry Pi-powered alarm system"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hoi81s-JFjU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Zach and Jake are into the last few\u00a0days of their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiegogo.com\/projects\/maketronix-alarm-diy-raspberry-pi-alarm-education#\/\" target=\"_blank\">IndieGoGo\u00a0campaign<\/a>\u00a0for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiegogo.com\/projects\/maketronix-alarm-diy-raspberry-pi-alarm-education#\/\" target=\"_blank\">Maketronix Alarm<\/a>. It is a simple add-on board for the Raspberry Pi and houses 9 buttons, an LED, a buzzer and a header for a PIR movement sensor, which comes with the board. Using the library and resources which they will write, this is an educational project that teaches you how to build your own alarm system.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16035\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/maketronix_arm.jpg?resize=337%2C287&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"337\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/maketronix_arm.jpg?w=337&amp;ssl=1 337w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/maketronix_arm.jpg?resize=300%2C255&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/maketronix_arm.jpg?resize=260%2C221&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/maketronix_arm.jpg?resize=160%2C136&amp;ssl=1 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 337px) 100vw, 337px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Zach sent me one of the boards and I&#8217;ve taken a look at it. It&#8217;s\u00a0very simple but, being pre-assembled, it&#8217;s an ideal kit for learning how things like alarm systems work. The library is a work-in-progress, as are the resources, but the stuff that&#8217;s been done so far looks good. Zach&#8217;s proven track record with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiegogo.com\/projects\/pipiano-raspberry-pi-add-on-board#\/\" target=\"_blank\">PiPiano<\/a>\u00a0makes me think that the campaign will be run well and that the hardware is good.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The campaign runs until the 12th December, so <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiegogo.com\/projects\/maketronix-alarm-diy-raspberry-pi-alarm-education#\/\" target=\"_blank\">head over to IndieGoGo to read more and pledge<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zach and Jake are into the last few\u00a0days of their IndieGoGo\u00a0campaign\u00a0for the Maketronix Alarm. It is a simple add-on board for the Raspberry Pi and houses 9 buttons, an LED, a buzzer and a header for a PIR movement sensor,&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16034\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[13,20,62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crowdfunding","category-gpio-boards","category-sensors"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Last few days for the Maketronix Alarm - build your own Raspberry Pi-powered alarm system - Raspberry Pi Pod<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16034\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Last few days for the Maketronix Alarm - build your own Raspberry Pi-powered alarm system - Raspberry Pi Pod\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Zach and Jake are into the last few\u00a0days of their IndieGoGo\u00a0campaign\u00a0for the Maketronix Alarm. It is a simple add-on board for the Raspberry Pi and houses 9 buttons, an LED, a buzzer and a header for a PIR movement sensor,&hellip;Read more &rarr;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16034\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Raspberry Pi Pod\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/recantha\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-12-07T15:00:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/maketronix_arm.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michael Horne\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@recantha\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@recantha\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Michael Horne\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16034#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16034\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Horne\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/c27c4ef2ee1c18b130f1fcd5dcdbb263\"},\"headline\":\"Last few days for the Maketronix Alarm &#8211; build your own Raspberry Pi-powered alarm system\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-12-07T15:00:14+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16034\"},\"wordCount\":190,\"commentCount\":2,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16034#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/maketronix_arm.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Crowdfunding\",\"GPIO boards\",\"Sensors\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16034#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16034\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16034\",\"name\":\"Last few days for the Maketronix Alarm - build your own Raspberry Pi-powered alarm system - Raspberry Pi Pod\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16034#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16034#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/maketronix_arm.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-12-07T15:00:14+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16034#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16034\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16034#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/maketronix_arm.jpg?fit=337%2C287&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/maketronix_arm.jpg?fit=337%2C287&ssl=1\",\"width\":337,\"height\":287},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16034#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Last few days for the Maketronix Alarm &#8211; build your own Raspberry Pi-powered alarm system\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Raspberry Pi Pod\",\"description\":\"Experiences with the Raspberry Pi micro computer and microcontroller\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Raspberry Pi Pod\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/cropped-PiPod-Logo-v3.png?fit=800%2C337&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/cropped-PiPod-Logo-v3.png?fit=800%2C337&ssl=1\",\"width\":800,\"height\":337,\"caption\":\"Raspberry Pi Pod\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/recantha\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/recantha\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/recantha\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCK4F9blabxzmk8Inzhs8tpg\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/c27c4ef2ee1c18b130f1fcd5dcdbb263\",\"name\":\"Michael Horne\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/479778b0677caadde0ceb54c4129804ef674914607e3ed0998808148357d10d8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/479778b0677caadde0ceb54c4129804ef674914607e3ed0998808148357d10d8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Michael Horne\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Last few days for the Maketronix Alarm - build your own Raspberry Pi-powered alarm system - Raspberry Pi Pod","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16034","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Last few days for the Maketronix Alarm - build your own Raspberry Pi-powered alarm system - Raspberry Pi Pod","og_description":"Zach and Jake are into the last few\u00a0days of their IndieGoGo\u00a0campaign\u00a0for the Maketronix Alarm. It is a simple add-on board for the Raspberry Pi and houses 9 buttons, an LED, a buzzer and a header for a PIR movement sensor,&hellip;Read more &rarr;","og_url":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16034","og_site_name":"Raspberry Pi Pod","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/recantha\/","article_published_time":"2016-12-07T15:00:14+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/maketronix_arm.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Michael Horne","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@recantha","twitter_site":"@recantha","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Michael Horne","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16034#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16034"},"author":{"name":"Michael Horne","@id":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/c27c4ef2ee1c18b130f1fcd5dcdbb263"},"headline":"Last few days for the Maketronix Alarm &#8211; build your own Raspberry Pi-powered alarm system","datePublished":"2016-12-07T15:00:14+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16034"},"wordCount":190,"commentCount":2,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16034#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/maketronix_arm.jpg","articleSection":["Crowdfunding","GPIO boards","Sensors"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16034#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16034","url":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16034","name":"Last few days for the Maketronix Alarm - build your own Raspberry Pi-powered alarm system - Raspberry Pi Pod","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16034#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16034#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/maketronix_arm.jpg","datePublished":"2016-12-07T15:00:14+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16034#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16034"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16034#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/maketronix_arm.jpg?fit=337%2C287&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/maketronix_arm.jpg?fit=337%2C287&ssl=1","width":337,"height":287},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16034#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Last few days for the Maketronix Alarm &#8211; build your own Raspberry Pi-powered alarm system"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/","name":"Raspberry Pi Pod","description":"Experiences with the Raspberry Pi micro computer and microcontroller","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/#organization","name":"Raspberry Pi Pod","url":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/cropped-PiPod-Logo-v3.png?fit=800%2C337&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/cropped-PiPod-Logo-v3.png?fit=800%2C337&ssl=1","width":800,"height":337,"caption":"Raspberry Pi Pod"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/recantha\/","https:\/\/x.com\/recantha","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/recantha\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCK4F9blabxzmk8Inzhs8tpg"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/c27c4ef2ee1c18b130f1fcd5dcdbb263","name":"Michael Horne","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/479778b0677caadde0ceb54c4129804ef674914607e3ed0998808148357d10d8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/479778b0677caadde0ceb54c4129804ef674914607e3ed0998808148357d10d8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Michael Horne"},"url":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?author=1"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2RsaV-4aC","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15844,"url":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=15844","url_meta":{"origin":16034,"position":0},"title":"New crowdfunding campaign for a Raspberry Pi-powered, hobbyists&#8217; alarm system","author":"Michael Horne","date":"14 November 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Zach\u00a0and Jake are two 16-year olds who are starting up a company called MakeTronix. To launch their company, they are running an IndieGoGo campaign to raise funds to produce the MakeTronix Alarm. It is a hobbyists' alarm system featuring a GPIO plugin board featuring 11 buttons, a red LED and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Crowdfunding&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Crowdfunding","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?cat=13"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c1.iggcdn.com\/indiegogo-media-prod-cld\/image\/upload\/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cw_620\/v1479036539\/kx3dq0xigubjborriekg.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c1.iggcdn.com\/indiegogo-media-prod-cld\/image\/upload\/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cw_620\/v1479036539\/kx3dq0xigubjborriekg.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c1.iggcdn.com\/indiegogo-media-prod-cld\/image\/upload\/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cw_620\/v1479036539\/kx3dq0xigubjborriekg.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":16374,"url":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16374","url_meta":{"origin":16034,"position":1},"title":"Maketronix Alarm system for the Raspberry Pi gets GPIO Zero software","author":"Michael Horne","date":"9 February 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Recently, the Maketronix Alarm kit was fully-funded on IndieGoGo. It is an add-on board and sensor for the Raspberry Pi that allows you to put together your own movement-activated alarm system. It comes with educational material that can be used in the classroom. Finding that the material doesn't use the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Crowdfunding&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Crowdfunding","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?cat=13"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/maketronix_alarm.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5474,"url":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5474","url_meta":{"origin":16034,"position":2},"title":"How to build a #RaspberryPi room alarm","author":"Michael Horne","date":"3 August 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Over on the Make website, there's a piece (that's not\u00a0quite a tutorial) about creating a room alarm system using a Raspberry Pi, a PIR motion sensor, a flashing blue light and a keypad to enter a code to disarm the system. MAKE | PiLarm: How to Build a Raspberry Pi\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Making&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Making","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?cat=50"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":17415,"url":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=17415","url_meta":{"origin":16034,"position":3},"title":"Touchscreen home alarm control panel for Home Assistant and the Raspberry Pi","author":"Michael Horne","date":"2 August 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Colin O'Dell\u00a0has taken a Raspberry Pi Zero W, an Adafruit 3.5\" touchscreen, a PIR motion sensor and a 3D-printed enclosure and created a home alarm control panel. The system uses Z-Wave door sensors which send MQTT messages to the Pi via the Home Assistant\u00a0open-source home automation platform. The PIR sensor\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Accessories&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Accessories","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?cat=54"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/alarm.jpg?fit=900%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/alarm.jpg?fit=900%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/alarm.jpg?fit=900%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/alarm.jpg?fit=900%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6274,"url":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=6274","url_meta":{"origin":16034,"position":4},"title":"#RaspberryPi connected Wireless Smoke Alarm","author":"Michael Horne","date":"4 October 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Gareth Brown from Safe Fire Direct has written an account of his project which involved taking apart a cheap smoke alarm and installing a radio link between it and a Raspberry Pi. The Pi then sends an email and text message when the alarm is activated. Read more here","rel":"","context":"In &quot;GPIO boards&quot;","block_context":{"text":"GPIO boards","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?cat=20"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":15282,"url":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=15282","url_meta":{"origin":16034,"position":5},"title":"New book from Raspberry Pi teaches you simple electronics and GPIO Zero","author":"Michael Horne","date":"19 August 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The Raspberry Pi Foundation and The MagPi have announced the launch of another in their\u00a0Essentials series of books. This one is called\u00a0Simple Electronics with GPIO Zero and focuses on teaching the reader how to use simple electronic components to affect and detect the real world, using the GPIO Zero Python\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Books&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Books","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?cat=7"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.raspberrypi.org\/magpi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Essentials-07-GPIO-ZERO_Flat_Cover.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.raspberrypi.org\/magpi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Essentials-07-GPIO-ZERO_Flat_Cover.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.raspberrypi.org\/magpi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Essentials-07-GPIO-ZERO_Flat_Cover.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.raspberrypi.org\/magpi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Essentials-07-GPIO-ZERO_Flat_Cover.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.raspberrypi.org\/magpi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Essentials-07-GPIO-ZERO_Flat_Cover.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16034"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16034\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16036,"href":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16034\/revisions\/16036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}