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Overview
Garadget is a simple and elegant way to breath a new life into your existing garage doors opener. It helps prevent mishaps so familiar to many of us: having to drive back to double-check if the garage door is closed, wondering if anything is missing after realizing the garage was left open all night, getting dropped off at home by the mechanic’s shuttle to realize that the garage remote is back in the car, etc. With Garadget, the gut sinking feeling is replaced with the satisfying “a-ha!”.
In stock, available for immediate domestic and international shipment. Received yours? Scan the QR code on the box or view the Setup Instructions on the web.
Have you ever...
driven off forgetting your garage open or were unsure about it?
left your garage door open overnight by mistake?
found yourself without any way to enter your house?
needed to let somebody into your house when you were not there or were unable to get the door at that moment?
By addressing these situations, Garadget offers peace of mind, convenience and security.
Please note that Garadget in the described here version is not equipped with an audible and visual warning system indicating a pending motion before the door starts moving as required for UL325 certification. Softcomplex is not assuming responsibility for your decision to use Garadget without this feature.
What's in the box
Everything needed to set up Garadget comes in a neat package. Just add your garage door, smartphone and WiFi network.
1x Garadget controller
1x USB power adapter
1x micro-USB cable
2x reflective tags
2x adhesive pads
2ft wire
1x screw driver
QR code for iPhone and Android apps download
Setting up Garadget
Simple installation was one of the primary design goals for Garadget. Intricate sensor wiring and complex router setup is replaced with simply attaching the sticker to the door and answering a few questions in the mobile app.
How we got here
Hi, I'm Denis - creator of Garadget. I have a long history of developing software and hardware professionally and as a hobby.
The story of Garadget starts with me forgetting to close my garage door overnight and having to deal with the nasty mice situation the following days. After several more garage induced headaches and extensive market research, I traded most of my spare time and personal budget for the excitement of designing a new product.
Countless hours of electrical engineering, 3D design and coding were followed by field testing and a long trip to Asia to make manufacturing arrangements for Garadget.
Earlier this year the garage door "futurizer" enjoyed a successful crowdfunding campaign with over 200% of the funding goal raised. Today while still accepting pre-orders, we prepare manufacturing and work on improved versions of mobile apps, as well as items from our extended wish list.
What's next
Shipping Garadget to our customers is not the final goal, it's just a milestone. We are excited about all the things Garadget can do, systems it can work with and projects it can be used in. Among our ideas:
Software Integration with wearables (iWatch, Android wear, Pebble - implemented)
Integration with Vera (implemented) Control & Wink (awaiting open API)
Although designed as an easy-to-use consumer product, Garadget is also a great tinkering platform for those of us who like to peek under the hood. Integrate it with your RaspberyPi or Arduino project, monitor objects with its laser, re-flash it to do something entirely different and share your project with the community.
In its core Garadget uses the Photon module from the great folks at Particle and benefits from all the development tools and support materials created for the module:
Well documented cloud API using REST protocol
iOS, Android and Node.js SDKs, CLI command line interface
Community supported clients for JavaScript, PHP, Ruby, Go, .NET
