Just checking in, reporting my Twine plans

Bryan Hance

Just dropping a line here to a) say hi and b) report my plans for my newly-obtained Twine.

After a fire/smoke scare at my apartment last year (thanks, idiot neighbor) I got to wondering why there aren't any smoke detectors on the market capable of email/SMS/tweeting when they go off. Some googling on this basically turned up nothing. Some folks I spoke to swear these exist in China, but I've been unable to locate any so far.

So: the plan is to

a) Cannibalize an existing smoke detector
b) Measure the voltage inbound to its piezo alarm when it goes off
c) Hit radio shack for whatever I need to interface that with the Twine breakout
d) Add another 2 x AAA's in parallel

... and a rule that Tweets me: THE ROOF, THE ROOF, THE ROOF IS ON FIRE if the smoke alarm ever goes off.

standard disclaimer: yeah I know, not using this for safety/critical uses, etc. Just an easy first experiment for my twine.

Gerry Mueller

This is exactly the creative kind of thinking that Twine users need to have; not, why won't it do this exact thing.

Jacob Kobernik

Bryan, I love your idea. I was hoping to find some inspirational plans on this forum, and by golly I just found them. Thank you.

Troy Schmidt

Bryan

Thanks - you just inspired me to hook a break out board up to the output on my house alarm. I hadn't thought of anything like this before reading your post.

Thanks

TS

YoYo Pete

Inspiring me to do the buzzer alarm of my intercom. (It's an apartment)

Devin Mancuso

Keep us posted on your progress! Would love to see how this goes.