Raspberry Pi Email Notification Bell
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ก.ค. 2024
- A.K.A The King of Ding.
Here's how I made "Clarence 2.0", the internet-connected call bell. Clarence lives at a local non-profit radio station, and every time a donation is given online, the bell dings!
How does it do that? Well, watch the video and find out.
'Pi Bell Slapper' project on GitHub: github.com/geerlingguy/pi-bel...
Related videos:
- Aaron Patterson's Analog Terminal Bell: • Analog Terminal Bell
- Original 'pi bell slapper' video: • The Raspberry Pi Bell ...
Parts used to make this bell (affiliate links):
- Raspberry Pi Zero W: www.raspberrypi.org/products/...
- Micro USB power adapter: amzn.to/3zGpCrL
- 5V Push-pull solenoid: amzn.to/3cYFxI2
- Double-sided prototyping board: amzn.to/3zTqrxE
- 30V 150A MOSFET: amzn.to/3iYr3Mj
- 1A 50V Diode: amzn.to/3wNcJtY
- 10K Ohm Resistor (grab out of a resistor kit from anywhere)
- Electronics hook-up wire: amzn.to/3xEUxCS
- 2x4 8-pin female headers: amzn.to/3vLDa1O
Tools I used:
- Weller WES51 Soldering Station: amzn.to/3iUX6g8
- Adjustable Circuit board holder: amzn.to/35CrgNo
- Ender 3 v2 3D Printer: amzn.to/3xGxojo
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Sponsor me on GitHub: github.com/sponsors/geerlingguy
#InternetofDings #RaspberryPi #Bell
Contents:
00:00 - One ding only.
00:54 - Why a bell?
02:08 - Clarence 2.0
03:21 - Breadboard circuit
04:22 - ding.py
05:03 - YAY! It works.
05:23 - Soldering on protoboard
06:18 - 3D printed enclosure
07:01 - Testing and delivery
07:32 - Wrap-up and outtakes - วิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี
With an ESP and a micro solenoid I bet you could fit everything inside the bell.
Possibly! I'm considering what to do for V3, so could be based on a smaller controller!
A Pi is a total waste of resources. I agree on the ESP approach and think a micro-relay will also do the job even be cheaper than a micro-solenoid.
I don't want to be rude... It just hurts to use a full blown OS when a ESP does the job even better for 1/10 price. And I have to admit that I like ESP more after working with both for such jobs for not only price but also energy consumption.
You absolutely can! th-cam.com/video/h5CqjYG4t0E/w-d-xo.html
@@billiamthesecond Oh hey, how did I not find that in all my DuckDuckGo'ing???
Perfect combination of use case and simplicity! Awesome project
Always appreciate you made the project Open Source, benefit the others.
Cool work. I appreciate the outakes at the end. I thought I was the only one that couldn't do things all in one take. Your channel is awesome, keep up the good work.
Nice t-shirt Jeff. :D
Netherlands defeated by Czech Rep. last Sunday.
Yeah, they lose.
🧡 Oranje Boven 🇳🇱
Ok let me clear some doubts.
1. I am not Dutch.
2. I love Dutch football.
3. Robin van Persie \m/
4. I said nice tee because I was the second commenter on this video and I had to say something. His tee looked a bit different than usual. :p
5. Please do not judge me because I am not dutch. :(
Prison shirt Jeff
A huge fan of all your work, great job!
tangential to this project, I have a story about office shenanigans.
several years ago, my father in law and I used to work in the same office, and the whole bunch of us were known for playing little pranks on each other when we went on vacation.
we got wind that he hated the sound of a desk bell. I happened to have a spare android phone. So I set up the phone with an email account, and set the notification sound for that email to be a desk bell sound. I turned up the volume and hid it in a binder near his desk, and everyone in the office took turns emailing the ding email account.
It was hilarious! I kinda miss those days of office pranks.
If you figured out a way to know when someone clicked the notification bell, I need to know. Been trying to figure this out for awhile.
Honestly hadn't gone that far. But it would be fun to connect it up to that action.
You could haphazardly get the data out of TH-cam studio based on percentages, but that data seems to lag by a day or two at least.
@@JeffGeerling that’s what I was attempting(failed) but will only give to the nearest 0.1%
Stop. You will never get me to click the bell icon.
One thing I've never understood about the notification bell is, why? When I go onto youtube, I go in to Subscriptions, and push on what I wan't to see there. I only have time to watch youtube when I sit down at the end of the day, so a notification earlier that day won't do anything....
@@Wrasko There are many people who don't realize the power of a feed (RSS, subscriptions on TH-cam, or otherwise), and they like having notifications jump up on all their devices all day long. I don't understand them, but according to TH-cam, 10% of my subscribers are like that!
I love the outtakes because so many you tubers just make this look too easy.
clicked on and liked JUST for the title - genius
I like your videos so much, Jeff. Thanks for making this kind of wonderful videos and share what you have learned with everyone, you're a truly inspiration for me. Greetings from Brazil :)
Wonderful. This looks like a really wonderful little project! Thanks
Jeff, there are many things really valuable in your creations, but I would like to point one thing that might be overlooked the most - the fact you share all your research and designs in an open-source model, with a very permissive license. Kudos to you, Jeff!
I've learned so much (almost everything) through open projects from others, so I figure I should always pay it forward.
This video was great. I’d love to see more uses of servos with a pi or pico such as this. Maybe a door bell? Or some spinning shop display
Your preview icon made me laugh since in German 'Ding' means 'Thing' :)
So now Jeff has to do a new version with a hand emerging from a box to ring the bell?
Just in case you are not familiar with OLD US TV shows, that is a reference the The Addams Family.
It made me cry because the correct plural is Dinge.
Did you notice him wearing a KNVB shirt? That's the Dutch team. Guess what "ding" means in Dutch...
This is absolutely adorable.
DING!
I built something really similar, just the output of mine is a solenoid that controls irrigation to my terrace garden! Great work as always :-)
I've considered wiring something up to water the small garden in the back, but so far my wife enjoys having the kids help her water it by hand. Something about 'loving being outdoors' (I don't get it!).
Success! Printed the case and assembled the circuit with the parts listed. Chromium won't launch on Pi Zero, used VNC and file transfer to get the files onto the Pi. Using gmail it was necessary to enable IMAP, enable 2FA, and create an application password. The app password is used in the config file and it worked.
Glad it worked for you! Hopefully version two of this device could be even simpler!
Greetings from the Netherlands, Jeff!
Excellent idea
The best projects are those where you learn new stuff. I just learnt about Jeff's Dutch roots! Hi from the flying Dutchman...!
That glider looks fun!
@@JeffGeerling absolutely - come to CH and I'll give you a ride...
+1 for the T-Shirt! Very cool poject!
Nice project, bonus respect points for "The Hunt For Red October" reference ;-)
Some things around here don't react well to bullets.
7:07 can see Jeff's genuine reaction in the bell's reflection
I think RPi Zero is a bit overkill. You could use esp32 and Micropython.
A worthy follow-on to this project. Apparently someone else already did, too... not sure how I missed it in all my DuckDuckGo'ing and Googling!
Nice T-Shirt Jeff!
that was awesome!
Such a great little project. These are the kinds of things that most people can do, then spend time perfecting later. I want to see you refine it until you reach the ultimate goal of all the electronics *inside* the bell...
I'm imagining a 3 foot wide bell that weighs 70 pounds and can fit a tower PC inside :P
Ooh, count me in. Though you might have to vacate the building any time it rings...
I LOVE IT
7:08....!!!😂😂
This is so so cool!
I need to build this.
Great shirt.
G E K O L O N I S E E R D
G E L O L O N I S E E R D
VERY nice!
I thought it'd be easier to just to play a wav sound of a ding on speaker, but I think the analog aspect of this is way cooler and more fun.
Nice!
Love the channel, the blog, and the personality and the creativity.
I'd love to get hands-on with Raspberry Pi, but I struggle to find projects that actually solve real world problems (this project is as close as it gets to addressing a need). Could you point me to some examples of Raspberry Pi in practical use?
OpenSCAD is great, despite its rough edges - I do all my "utilitarian" modeling in it. Particularly for dimensional (rather than artistic) models, it's excellent to have a tool that makes it so easy to make everything parametric, so adjustments and iteration on the design are very fast.
It's also nice that it's completely free and open source, since Autodesk has been gradually tightening the noose on Fusion 360 and I haven't found a lot of other good options that make parametric modeling a first class citizen.
i belive kicad is pretty good as i see stephen hawes use it a lot
I literally just watched the video you made last year about this.
Heh, time is a freaky circle!
The flyback isn't needed because the spring back action. It's needed because of the coil of wire in the solenoid. When turned off, that field collapses and that causes the inrush of current. Relays need flybacks for the same reason.
I stand corrected!
Love Ben Eater's stuff
I just got an idea while watching:
Couldn't you send image notifications over DAB+ to capable radios? Kinda like the visual effect when someone donates to a streamer on Twitch
Instant like for the breaking bad reference!
Awesome
Cool shirt by the way
Thanks
I can't imagine that getting obnoxious at all. Not one bit. Was this one of red-shirt Jeff's idea?
DING!
Orange shirt Jeff
Great video.
But I also think that someone who "needs" something like this should go to an addiction counseling center.
Of course, this is not meant seriously. Or?:)
For V3 you should consider using MQTT to send messages to the PI. Email received events (or maybe YT sub notifications?) send a message to the MQTT topic broker which the PIs client subscribes to. AWS and Azure have good IOT brokers, but it’s not hard to setup mosquito as well
You could even use an ESP8266 or ESP32 with MQTT, even cheaper and doesn’t need an OS to potentially break or being outdated after a while
I am going to make a Raspberry Pi IoT Notification Bell ding when my Raspberry Pie is ready to eat.
Imagine if you build this 0:40 for subs count notification, and at night someone do this to troll you, he just need to click the subscribe button then unsubscribe in loop.
I'm looking for ideas on a project similar Clarence.
At bed time I have to check if my garage doors are closed. What envision is small box with 2 lights on it. When a garage door, the relative bulb turns on. And if course when the door closes the light goes out. I could position this near the TV where I spend most of time.
I currently I have a Wyze sensor on each door. I have a Tasker app that responds to the sensor, and currently just says Garage door left is opened/closed.
Got this idea watching bell rings video.
Any suggestions?
Pretty easy to do this with Home Assistant
If you want any printing or CAD help, lemme know! I've offered via messenger before, but not sure if you ever got it.
Fun little project, and for a good cause. :)
One ding to rule them all
Adding a cap on the power supply 5V rails might be a good idea for long term applications because it might reset the pi when the current spike appears
It's possible maybe-though with a good enough power supply (with enough current and not a huge drop when the solenoid hits) it shouldn't be an issue.
I think you could hide an ESP32 under/inside the bell? Couldn't you also put the solenoid under there as well and hit the bell from the inside? Just model a circular base that the bell sits on if more space is needed.
Great video! BTW: you kind of look like Matthew Broderick (in Ferris Bueller).
Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Using this idea, but instead of a bell, I'm using a clicker counter and an email script to keep track of how many times my door bell was rung during the day to know if I've had a parcel delivery attempted, without having to go to my letterbox and before I go home.
Once you're done with the prototype, you can probably get a "real" version made with JLCPCB. You can use a free tool such as KiCAD to design the board, plot the GBR files and have the board made for you. A small PCB like this costs about $2. Shipping is usually the most expensive part of the whole process.
Wait... What... Nice shirt :)
I don't appreciate the fact that this video doesn't disclose *who* this non-profit is until they happen to say their own name in some b-roll at the very end.
Nobody's asking you to donate to them... the point of this video has nothing to do with the non-profit, it's about building a bell :)
That KNVB t-shirt? That's pretty odd to see being a Dutchman ;-) Number 8?
Who wore it better? Wijnaldum or Geerling?
@@JeffGeerling :-)
Geerling had a lot more goals then the Dutch team.. :)
This is so cool! Could you set it up to go off if you get a venmo or paypal payment?
Be careful, Red Shirt Jeff. Many things in here don't react well to bulletsch
Orange is a New Black apparently, ding!
So, is the KNVB shirt because you have Dutch heritage? Funnily enough, the first link I get for "Geerling" is a jeweller in a posh part of the Netherlands. The second link, third link, fourth link - you get the idea - are all you.
I must find this jeweler and get their SEO to be less than mine!
Hi, I just want to know something : which version of raspberry pi do you have and which operating system version do you use? Because It seems I can't send email from raspbian buster with my raspberry pi 3b+ (compatibility problem). Thanks for your answer! One "like" more for you!
Dinger 2.0.
Could get one of those hex bots to dance, and ding the bell.
Dinger 2.1. Put a Pi Cam and stream the hex bot dance.
Can't believe you missed to opportunity to name it Dinky King.
5:49 - I wonder if this can be done with a RPI Pico since there are a few wifi solutions for the pico now.
It can be! I'm still trying to get my hands on Arduino's wireless Pico.
The best shirt orange Dutch
QUESTION SIR JEFF: the wires used, what is their classified size? Can I buy small spools of different color wire that size and crimp on the ends? Or just solder the wire to source?
Can you ask you friends for a possible source for small spools / different color wire? Thanks and God Bless!
For the final product I used a 26AWG set of colored insulated wires I bought from SparkFun. There's a link to a similar set on Amazon in the video's description. That wire is extremely handy for so many projects!
Hi Jeff, could you please help take a video about Geekworm NASPi 2.5" SATA HDD/SSD Kit for Raspberry Pi 4 Model B?
That orange shirt paired with a white undershirt makes you look like a prisoner... is this some sort of sign that you feel trapped by your audience? lol
I would say ESP and ESPHome probably would be more accessible/easy to the most out there... just my 2 cents
you might want to add a big capacitor between 5V & ground near the MOSFET, so your Pi don't goes into throttling or just shut down when the solenoid goes ding !
So far it's been fine-the 5V rail is connected directly to USB at 5V, and I'm using a nice 2.5A power supply that doesn't have a drop when the solenoid hits. If using a cheaper PSU it could be an issue, but it hasn't been in this case.
@@JeffGeerling I'd still go with a decoupling capacitor, current drop can pretty much mess your SD card if they occur at the wrong time. 1000µF/16V should do the trick just fine :)
Ya, nice shirt. Getting dangerously close to red. Subliminal message to the rest of us?
I definitely wouldn't pull an amp consistently from the +5v rail. That's gotta be close to the polyfuse limit on the zero. If you've got a mosfet, just connect the mosfet directly to the power source and connect the grounds together.
I thought the Zero passed through the 5v direct from USB? Maybe I have my Pi models confused...
@@JeffGeerling It seems like you're right, the Zero/ W doesn't have the polyfuse as a cost cutting measure? All of the other Pis have a 1A polyfuse. I'm a little confused too because the Pi Foundation doesn't recommend powering the zero via backfeed current through the usb port. In any case, if there is no protection then the current limit of the +5v rail is determined by the trace thickness on the board. Maybe they intend for the Zero itself to be the fuse? I don't think there's any danger, but I'm just imagining the worst case where the software hangs and the solenoid gets stuck on. Things would probably get warm pretty quick.
@@silverywingsagain I actually did have solenoid stuck on at one point in testing a long ringing script. I pulled power to the Pi pretty quick... definitely didn't want to burn up the one set of parts I had on hand at the time!
Great project! That’s for making everything open source. Isn’t OpenSCAD great!? A little bit of a learning curve, but really useful for 3D prints for makers.
It works a lot better with my mental model for simpler 3D designs-just think of the shapes, put them together on a plane, and voila!
I would have used an ESP32 or Arduino for this project, the PI is overkill. That said you should be able to add features and capabilities to this that the ESP32 or Arduino are not be able to handle, I just don't have a clue what those could be. Considering I do not know the radio station and what they do, how they do it or anything else that could drive ideas this is not surprising.
Is this guy filming from prison?... Oh, nope, just an orange t-shirt. Maybe v3.0 could have an LCD that shows last donation amount and total donations.
Ooh, nice idea! That requires a bit more email parsing logic though... not sure if that data's even in the email that this bell receives.
First rule of engineering, get it barely working.
Style can come later.
Is there enough space inside the bell to hide the solenoid? That would be very stealth :-)
There is, and apparently (though I didn't find out about them until *after* I made this video!) there are a couple other projects that hide the solenoid inside!
i would think that a Arduino would be much cheaper and more efficient then a pi. BTW i hope you recorded this before the Netherlands was kicked out of the euro Championship competition. if not then i am really feeling sorry for you.
I did :(
I see you are wearing a Dutch soccer shirt.
This is the way.
7:42 so who are you in between next time are you like batman with two identities?
This is a good question.
I beg your pardon. That's Tenderlove to you!
Heh, when someone's handle is completely different than their name, I never know which one to use!
(And sometimes I have the same issue... I used to only be "geerlingguy" but now I'm also "Jeff Geerling," so I confuse even myself!
Oranje boven! Oranje boven! 😘🏆
Email bell.
1 Day later: Jeff Please stop guys stop spamming my email, my wife started to scream at me to turn it off.
Ha orange army shirt Jeff. We now know where your alliances lie.
Je zou er eentje moeten maken telkens als Oranje op het EK scoort...
Edit: bij nader inzien, doe toch maar de Rode Duivels!
Ha, it's been too long... maybe in the World Cup next year!
@@JeffGeerling Lol, you did answer! :-D
I just wanted to test if you understand dutch, because you were wearing that shirt...
Do you also speak dutch?
@@poldelepel No, like with Latin and Spanish (but even less than those two, which I studied a few years), I only can semi-translate something, just enough for probably a toddler-level understanding :(
Hey anyone knows how can I replace the MOSFET?
Will it function more effectively if you're a ding-a-ling ?
How to install Mac OS on Raspberry pi 4 put video
How about when another angel gets their wings, people of a certain age will understand this comment Jeff.
Edit:
Thats what i get for commenting before i watched the whole video, big red face now 🥵
pretty cool. next question, who can build this for me and just send it? Paypal you. I dont have the time, yet this is easy peazy....
Why don't you try using an ESP32 or an ESP8266, it will consume much less power and will make the setup more compact.
I'm considering it for a future revision...
Nu vraag ik me af of Jeff ook Nederlands spreekt of in ieder geval begrijpt. Hoi Jeff, hoe is het leven?
Only a little. I wish I knew more... only been to the Netherlands once before!
@@JeffGeerling Come over. First beer is on me
Update on Starlink?
I've been working on the review, don't worry!
Could i suggest Clarisse instead of Clarence 😸
Wow, looks hot in there Jeff
It was around 108°F (heat index) that day. (42°C for the metric-inclined).
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