Raspberry Pi Door Lock Project

🛠 set-up

1. Install Raspbian onto Raspberry Pi 3

https://www.raspberrypi.com/software/

2. Open Terminal and run

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade -y
sudo apt-get install git cmake

3. Face Recognition Library:

sudo pip3 install face_recognition

This might take a while. PLEASE increase swapfile memory (I used 1024mb) for installation, or the installations gonna brick. Guide here:

https://akashrajpurohit.com/blog/increase-swap-memory-on-raspberry-pi/#:~:text=Swap%20file%20is%20a%20file,with%20limited%20amount%20of%20RAM.

4. Install other dependencies (for servo, RFID)

pip install -r 'requirements.txt'

5. Extra Libraries

sudo pip3 install imutils pypickle
raspi-config

Then, enable the camera in config.

💻 Running the program

Put images of the face you want recognized in 'faces' directory

Then, run:

python3 encode_faces.py
python3 exe.py

Tap authenticated RFID, put the right face in frame, yay it works yay the door opened