FAQ: Networked Doorbells as of August 2015 (deprecated--see 2016 FAQ instead)

[JDRoberts]

@Player1

“Alternative Method” Let’s invent our own device. Community brainstorm session? How much could is possibly cost to fund the design of a product that we all want to work with ST as well as just work in general!? Ideas? I’m open to tinkering and purchasing items to do so. What are we really talking here for just a simple trial and error project?

, I’m going to fork this to a new topic so we don’t clutter the FAQ.

Please continue the project discussion in the following topic:

Community Project: Build a Better Doorbell?

Continuing the discussion from FAQ: Networked Doorbells as of April 2015: @Player1 , sounds like fun! It’s easy to make a button that rings a chime. (I made one with a potato battery in 3rd grade. ) The difficult part is making one that is weatherproof, still allows a signal to get through, and meets your price point. So the first decision is are you going to change the outdoor button or the indoor chime or both. Or maybe the first decision is price point, since that affects everything else?