Makers Local 256 USB Authenticated Door Lock

[omegix]

For the past couple of weeks Makers Local 256 has been working on a USB authenticated deadbolt unlocking servo mechanism.

There's a wiki page up here showing some of the design notes.

Here's a video of the project in action:

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Comments

[weswilson]

I still want to commission a set of game show podiums.

[omegix]

cool :) I thought when that con passed that the need died :)

[celestyna]

I got so many ideas from Maker Faire my head's going 'splodey!
i wanna see this in action soon. wheee!

[omegix]

I so badly want to go to the Maker Fair :)

We're taking the project up to phreaknic ( http://phreaknic.info) this weekend, and after that installing it on the door to the Make Shop on governor's drive :) Come see it!

[aposak]

Where can I get me some of that there transparent aluminum?

[aearon]

Wait a minute? Your manual override is a button???? Thats not manual!!! ;)

[chris21718]

Cool project! We have those doors at work on certain rooms where you have to enter a sequence of numbers. One of them is broken now and lets you in if you try the door handle twice. As long as the serial number on the USB stick isn't something that can be hacked or changed, this seems like a good idea.

[omegix]

That's the next thing I want to work on, breaking it :)

You can't change the iSerial information on the chip with a USB interface,
but it may be possible to do hardware emulation.

Still, harder to steal someone's USB key and find out the iSerial information than sharking someone's RFID badge.

[chris21718]

Yeah, because the USB device isn't broadcasting its ID in any way and doesn't give it up until it's plugged in.