How I made my dumb locks a little smarter!

Hi all :wave:

Just wanted to share my take on the idea, this is such an awesome idea! :dizzy:

First I took my Xiaomi door sensor and soldered on the contacts.

Then I soldered the ends of the wire on to two battery springs which are glued on to a piece of cardboard. Also had to glue a piece of tinfoil of the deadbolt to make the contacts trigger.

Ran the wires and stuffed the board back into itโ€™s case.

NOTE :warning: My sensor was being really unresponsive/reporting the wrong state at first. I had to try all sorts of position for my sensor, and finally found a spot where it works.

Now it works! Huge thanks to everyone for sharing the idea :heart: !

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