← Zach Owen

Driveway Alarm

in progress

Arduino-based motion detection and alarm system for driveway monitoring.

January 1, 2022

An Arduino project implementing a driveway motion detector and alarm system using distance sensing. Research material includes Arduino sketches and sensor documentation (TFMini time-of-flight distance sensor) from OneDrive's 4. Arduino Projects/Driveway Alarm/ folder.

The system uses a TFMini lidar sensor for reliable long-range motion detection. This appears to be an active project with working hardware and firmware. Clarification needed: Is this currently deployed and in use? What triggers the alarm (email, SMS, audible/visual signal)? What is the detection range and sensitivity configuration?

Drafted from: Arduino sketches and TFMini sensor driver code