[Will] has been difficult at work on a replacement system for his Hackerspace’s RFID door lock. The original is now a number of years old as well as he’s chose to upgrade to a much much more powerful processor, adding some bells as well as whistles along the way.

The manage box seen above is the exterior element of the system. It’s a telephone service box like you’d discover on the back of many homes in the US. They had a few of these lying around as well as they are a ideal option because… well… they’re implied to be locking enclosures that take on the elements. [Will] made the jump from an Arduino which has run the locks for the last three years to a Raspberry Pi board. This provides him a great deal of additional power to work with as well as he took advantage of that by adding a car backup LCD screen for visual feedback. You can see it providing the ‘Access Granted’ message he utilized during testing however the demo video after the break shows that they plan to do some picture scripting to screen a head shot of the RFID label owner whenever a label is read.

There are a number of other features included as well. The system Tweets whenever a label is read, assisting the members keep tabs on who is hanging out at the area best now. It likewise patches into a moving door which one of the members automated utilizing a garage door opener motor.