Reed Switch Hookup Guide
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Resources and Going Further
Reed switches are a perfect trick for non-contact activation applications. We used a reed switch to detect when the doors of this TARDIS-themed music box opened. Or you can hook a large, door-specific reed switch up to a Blynk Board and have it send push notifications to your phone when the door state changes.
Now that you've got a reed switch wired up to your Arduino, what are you going to create? Need some inspiration, check out some of these related SparkFun tutorials:
LilyPad Reed Switch Hookup Guide
A guide to using the LilyPad Reed Switch breakout in your projects.
Blynk Board Project Guide
A series of Blynk projects you can set up on the Blynk Board without ever re-programming it.