He’s using an Arduino Uno and an Ethernet breakout board to hook it up to the network. This allows him to send text messages to himself when the alarm system is armed, disarmed, or triggered.

Put aside all of the projects that use an Arduino to blink ... microcontroller and has turned an Arduino Mega into a fully-functional home alarm system. The alarm can read RFID cards for ...

ChipKIT shields that employ the nRF8001 Bluetooth Smart connectivity device. Arduino boards use series of development modules or ‘shields’ to create prototype systems. Shields perform individual or ...