He’s using an Arduino Uno and an Ethernet breakout board to hook it up to the network. This allows him to send text messages to himself when the alarm system is armed, disarmed, or triggered.

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24 thoughts on “ Arduino-Powered Alarm System Has All The Bells And Whistles ” Johnny says: September 3, 2014 at 2:08 am Cool. I wonder ...

An Arduino is a much better choice than a Raspberry Pi for tasks that require real-time input and responses. While a Pi can ...