Hello all,
I have no experience with arduino so far but I have to use it for my graduation project. I have to make a model garage door and control (open/close) it with a web page. It doesn't have to be accessible with wifi. On the web page there also has to be feedback from webcams to record activity (for security reasons).
Do you think this is possible and if it is, do you know websites/documentation how to build it.
Kind regards
Jos Coeckelbergs
You probably need to flesh out your specification a bit.
Who will use the webpage, is it a security guard who opens the door when he sees somebody on the webacam?
Does the webcam need to provide video or just still photographs?
You have to use an arduino, but for what, does it have to do everything or might it just open and close the door on comand from a PC that had hosts the webpage and has the webcam feeds?
I'd have thought the best approach was to have the main control logic run in a webapp on a PC somewhere which uses a wireless webcam to capture the video/images. Ffmpeg would be the easiest way to interface to the webcam, I'd have thought. In this solution the Arduino would basically just act as a USB interface to drive the servo/motor that operates the door.
Usually, I think the person wanting to operate the door would be standing in front of it without a web browser in their hand. In that case perhaps you should have some sort of secure radio link or keypad/PIN system to allow the user to open the door. For closing, a push button inside the garage would suffice. Usually, these systems have current-based collision sensing and/or beam-based obstruction detection to prevent damage and injury. It would add to the complexity, but if you have time it would be a nice touch to add this sort of feature.
Thanks 
This acctually helped me a lot already, now I know what to figure out first before I buy anything I don't need or buy the wrong stuff