Development of a Wi-Fi based car gate remote control and supervision system

Car gates can be found in many private and business facilities. Typically, gates are controlled by commercially available electronic systems that allow users to remotely operate them. Most of those systems are based on robust RF 315/433MHz transmitters for remote control. These communication modules suffer from limited range and allow the user to establish only simplex communication. Today, with the rapid growth of the Internet of Things, not only that every driver has an Internet-enabled smartphone, but most modern cars are equipped with such systems as well. This paper proposes a prototype of an electronic gate control structure that allows users, in addition to the common gate-panel and an RF-based remote, to control and supervise the gate using an Internet connection (e.g. with a smartphone). Both hardware and software parts that are required to operate the gate are designed, developed, and presented in this paper. Experimental tests on the small-scale model are conducted to point out the device's advantages and disadvantages and propose guidelines for future work and development.