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The project partner, TheLab.ms Makerspace, is a non-profit organization for people to collaborate on technical projects. It was founded by three friends in December of 2013. Their mission is to foster collaborations between science, art, culture, and technology. They do this through educating and providing technical experience with projects. TheLab.ms Makerspace provides accessibility to tools, expert guidance, and facilitates collaboration. Additionally, they host various events including hackathons, product launches, and networking meetups. These provide opportunities for members to connect with professionals and showcase their work. It’s truly inspiring to see TheLab.ms thrive with a membership exceeding 110 individuals. This growth reflects the invaluable impact it has within its community. TheLab.ms is guided by a passionate team of volunteers, including an elected board of directors led by President Doug Emes. Their dedication underscores a genuine commitment to fostering innovation and collaboration. It’s heartening to witness such devotion to advancing shared interests and nurturing a vibrant community space.

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TheLab.ms makerspace seeks to upgrade its access control system to facilitate user access to rooms using key fobs. Mr. Emes, the President of TheLab.ms Makerspace, has expressed concerns regarding the limitations of their current control system. Presently, their system is difficult to expand due to the controller’s unit limitation of four. The primary objective of this project is to develop a hardware-agnostic design capable of daisy-chaining readers and actuators along a single bus. This approach aims to enhance security measures and provide better access control insights, including user entry timestamp, door usage, and fob information. In the longer term of the project, our project partner aims to explore additional alternate key options, such as sensors, fingerprint readers, and QR code scanners, for integration into the new access control system

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