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Sam Harrisnew invent
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Arlene Knappamazing invent!
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Bruce Nelsonawesome!!!!
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Brian Collinsgood idea!!!!!
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Steve Dickieow many times have you seen a secret hideout with a secret knock? It's a staple of cheesy dramas, Saturday afternoon movies, and tree houses throughout the world.
While working on another project I ran across the Arduino knock sensor tutorial. Sensing a single knock is a great little project for learning about microcontrollers, but what about sensing specific knocks? Seeeeecret knocks? And if we could detect a secret knock, shouldn't it unlock a door? If you can't tell by looking this was cobbled together from spare stuff around the lab, it's not much more than a piezo speaker, a tiny gear reduction motor, and an Arduino. And PVC pipe. How about a video to explain:
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