Resources and Going Further

Additional Arduino Tutorials and Project Examples

Below are other tutorials and project examples using an Arduino:

• Instructables.com - DIY Fingerprint Scanning Garage Door Opener

• Starting Electronics - GT-511C3 Fingerprint Scanner Hardware, Wiring and Connector Numbering

• Homautomaion - Playing with finger print scanner (FPS) on arduino

• SparkFun's Fellowship of the Things! - Internet of Things Ep 1: AirLock Demo Project w/ 3 Factor Authentication and GitHub Repo for IoT 3 Factor Verification

Raspberry Pi Example Code

There’s a Raspberry Pi Library for this fingerprint scanner it looks like => https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=61&t=74178 .

There appears to be an article that uses the GT-511C1R with a Raspberry Pi as a server and SQLite [ FingerScanner: Embedding a Fingerprint Scanner in a Raspberry Pi ]. Based on this information, it’s possible to have remote management of a database on multiple fingerprint scanners from one server.

Node.js Example

There’s an example in Node.js with an API. I have not tested this feature before but try looking at this GitHub repository => https://github.com/the-AjK/GT-511C3 .