Home automation project

Other Hardware Home Automation
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Hi
I'm fairly new to arduino, and I bought it to automatize a bit my house.

For the first project, I need to be able to talk to arduino via GPRS, and upon certain commands I need to give power to another object, powered with two 1.5V batteries.

I think I'll need a relay and a GPRS shield, but I don't know if this could be the best way or if I need something else. Also, if anyone has a link or information on how to do this (i know that it's pretty simple, but it's still my first project) it will be appreciated.

Thanks

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You'll clearly need something to read GSM messages, so a shield would be good :wink: If you're switching something powered by batteries at 3V, you could probably swap out the relay for a transistor - longer life and cheaper. Examples of how to wire this up in the playground. Also there, links to GSM tutorials, such as this one I found there: 404 Error

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Hi
thank you very much for your reply. I already have a tinkerkit relay, so I think I'll stick with that.

I'll have a look at the GSM tutorial, thank you.