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I'm not exactly sure when I stopped being any fun, but I kind of hate Halloween. With this in mind I have created the anti-Halloween House. The Anti-...
To make the motion-sensing transmitter you will need: - An Arduino (Uno preferable) - A wireless SD shield - XBee Series 1 transceiver - Copper foil...
Plug in the XBee into the Wireless SD shield. Plug the Wireless SD shield into the Arduino.
Cut a long thin strip of copper foil that is the width of one of the prongs of the plug in outlet. Fold the end into a small tab that fits snugly be...
Drill an 1/8" hole into the bottom of the socket next to the prong with the copper foil attached.
Carefully place a little bit of epoxy at the base bottom and top of the metal connector inside of the light bulb socket. Wait for it to dry. Pass a ...
Solder the other lamp cord wire to the copper tab. Insulate this connection with shrink tubing and/or electrical tape.
Zip tie any loose wires firmly to the body of the socket.
Plug the socket into the socket plug adapter. Epoxy them together.
Drill a 5/8" hole in the side of the case.
Trim the lamp replacement cord so that there is about 3 feet of cable coming from the socket adapter you just made. Pass the loose end of cable thro...
Solder the relay to the perfboard in such a way that none of the terminals are connected.
Solder the each one of the lamp cord wires to one of the output terminals on the relay. Connect a 220 ohm resistor to the positive DC voltage input ...
Drill a hole in the center of the project enclosure's lid with a 7/8" spade bit.
Place the dome of the PIR sensor through the hole that you just drilled. Take a drill bit that will fit through the mounting holes of the PIR sensor...
Solder a red, green and black wire to each of the female socket pins. Make sure that red is in the center. Plug the PIR module into the socket such ...
Toggle the switch on the Wireless SD Shield to USB and then plug in. Program the Arduino with the following code: /* * The Anti-Halloween House ...
Connect the green wire from the PIR module to digital pin 3 on the Arduino. Connect the red wire from the relay to digital pin 13 on the Arduino. Co...
Twist apart the M-type plug and slide the terminal cover onto the wires from the 9V snap (so that after you solder it, you can twist it back on). So...
Plug the M-type connector into the Arduino and connect a 9V battery. It is now powered up.
Fasten the lid onto the project enclosure.
The number of receivers that you make should be based on the number of rooms you have in the front of your house. In my case, there were two rooms wi...
Place the wall sockets side-by-side. Wire the left side of one to the left side of the other and the right side to the right side. Be careful not to ...
Attach the wall sockets to the receiver's panel bracket using the _ _ _ " nuts and bolts.
Drill a 5/16" hole in the side of the case for the power cable.
Pass the cable through the hole that you just drilled and tie a knot to prevent it from being pulled back out of the case.
Place the solid state relay inside the case and mark where each of its mounting holes are. Drill an 1/8" hole through each of these marks.
Connect an 8" heavy gauge wire to one of the AC output terminals on the wire. Connect one wire of the power cord the other AC terminal output.
Attach the relay to the inside of the case by passing bolts up through the bottom and fastening each with a nut.
Place the Arduino into the enclosure and make 3 marks that correspond with its mounting holes. Drill through each of these marks with a 1/8" drill bi...
Fasten the Arduino to the inside of the case using nuts and bolts in the same way the relay was just attached.
Make certain the the power select switch is set to USB. Once you are sure, plug in the USB cable and program the chip with the following code: /* A...
In spot large enough for a 9V battery, drill another 1/8" hole in the bottom of the case. Affix the 9V battery holder to this spot with a nut and bo...
Solder a 220 ohm resistor to one end of a red wire. Plug one end of this wire into digital pin 3 on the Arduino and fasten the other end to the DC po...
Plug in the 9V battery connector into the power jack on the Arduino and then attach a 9V battery. It is now powered up.
Connect the thick gauge wire from the relay to one of the pairs of power sockets on the front panel. Connect the free power cord wire to the other p...
Fasten the case firmly shut. It is now good to go.
Turn off your house's front light. Thread a light bulb into the transmitter's light socket. Replace the light bulb in the front of the house with t...
Plug in your receiver boxes into the wall, and then plug lamps into the boxes. These lamps will now be controlled by the sensor in the front of the h...
Whenever some pesky trick-or-treaters approach your house, the lights will now turn off and they will go away. You may want to consider disabling th...
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