If this is the wrong category I apologize, and I’ll be happy to post it elsewhere.
I live in a house with a fully enclosed door at the top of a flight of stairs, and it can be a real pain to carry laundry or boxes up and have to open that door with nowhere to set things down. I’ve already put a motion sensor on the stairs to turn on the light so I don’t have to fumble for the switch with my hands full, but now I’m completely stuck trying to figure out how to automatically unlatch the door. I found some hinge springs that will push the door open at least enough that it won’t re-latch right away, but can’t seem to find any door knob that will automatically unlatch, or even a DIY project to do it. Anyone done this before, or have any ideas? I might could cram an esp32 and a servo into the latch hole, but I don’t know if I could with the inside handle still attached.
