# Bar Code Scanner
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/bar-code-scanner/94073
**Category:** Share Your Projects
**Created:** [21 December 2024 09:16 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/bar-code-scanner/94073 "2024-12-21T09:16:52Z")
**Posts on this page:** 16
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### Author:  [@dynamicdave](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dynamicdave)
#### Post date: [5 January 2025 11:54 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/bar-code-scanner/94073/21 "2025-01-05T11:54:03Z")
Hi Bart,
I think you may have got the wrong-end-of-the-stick in respect of what you believe we are running is a... "small warehouse management system" it is in fact a "global multi-national corporate warehousing system" running off of one of my spare Raspberry Pi Zero model 1 devices (ha, ha).
**General view of the inventory on floor-AA-bay-11 in the UK Corporate HQ.**
**Detailed view of a small part of the inventory on floor-AA-bay-11 in the UK Corporate HQ**
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### Author:  [@jbudd](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jbudd)
#### Post date: [5 January 2025 18:44 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/bar-code-scanner/94073/22 "2025-01-05T18:44:33Z")
Where's all the robot stacker trucks?
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### Author:  [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)
#### Post date: [5 January 2025 21:45 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/bar-code-scanner/94073/23 "2025-01-05T21:45:24Z")
> [@jbudd](#):
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> the robot stacker trucks?
Hmm, envisioning some aluminium extrusion with stepper motors al-la 3d-printer style with a picker arm - sounds perfectly doable!
😁
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### Author:  [@E1cid](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/E1cid)
#### Post date: [5 January 2025 22:21 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/bar-code-scanner/94073/24 "2025-01-05T22:21:19Z")
And with that skynet was born, who would imagine it started at Dave's abode.
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### Author:  [@Sean-McG](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Sean-McG)
#### Post date: [5 January 2025 23:09 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/bar-code-scanner/94073/25 "2025-01-05T23:09:03Z")
I have about 400 similar draws on my bench.
🤔
So if I get 400 solenoids, I could do something like the parcel drop boxes, and have it push the draw out so I can find what I'm looking for 😉
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### Author:  [@dynamicdave](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dynamicdave)
#### Post date: [6 January 2025 07:00 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/bar-code-scanner/94073/26 "2025-01-06T07:00:55Z")
I spotted a Youtube video, about a year or so ago, where a guy placed an LED above each drawer in his plastic cabinet.When he did a "part request" the appropriate LED flashed to show the bin-location. I haven't got enough spare time or enthusiasm to implement such a system!!
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### Author:  [@dynamicdave](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dynamicdave)
#### Post date: [6 January 2025 07:04 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/bar-code-scanner/94073/27 "2025-01-06T07:04:32Z")
Really spooky 👻 you should say that... as I have a private MQTT remote broker called 'skynet'.
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### Author:  [@dceejay](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dceejay)
#### Post date: [6 January 2025 08:34 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/bar-code-scanner/94073/28 "2025-01-06T08:34:02Z")
OK its going all a bit Wallace and Gromit now
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### Author:  [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)
#### Post date: [6 January 2025 12:29 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/bar-code-scanner/94073/29 "2025-01-06T12:29:56Z")
> [@dceejay](#):
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> its going all a bit Wallace and Gromit n
Isn't that what Node-RED was designed for! 🤣
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### Author:  [@dceejay](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dceejay)
#### Post date: [6 January 2025 12:51 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/bar-code-scanner/94073/30 "2025-01-06T12:51:56Z")
... indeed - one of the first things I made was the "boss-o-matic" (TM) detector...
It was connected to the internal corporate chat tool api and had green and red leds to indicate if my boss was online (away) or online (in office).
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### Author:  [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)
#### Post date: [6 January 2025 13:13 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/bar-code-scanner/94073/31 "2025-01-06T13:13:01Z")
:sigh: another thing to add to the retirement activity list - I really need to put together a tools and supplies DB and dashboard.
Tracking what I've got, where it is stored if not in use, where it is used otherwise. Links to docs/info.
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### Author:  [@jbudd](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jbudd)
#### Post date: [6 January 2025 13:13 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/bar-code-scanner/94073/32 "2025-01-06T13:13:14Z")
Never mind the outness of bosses and whereabouts of resistors, can we have a gadget to indicate the status of key Trump/Biden allies?
At least a 3 colour LED required - "In office", "In gaol", "Spending time with family"
The data can probably be derived from Twitter although it may not be impartial.
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### Author:  [@ghayne](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ghayne)
#### Post date: [6 January 2025 14:05 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/bar-code-scanner/94073/33 "2025-01-06T14:05:58Z")
Imagine actually knowing what's in the freezer! 🙂
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### Author:  [@kuema](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/kuema)
#### Post date: [6 January 2025 14:32 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/bar-code-scanner/94073/34 "2025-01-06T14:32:18Z")
Aren't those "smart freezers" already on the market? 🤔
But regarding the main topic, an inventory database has been on my to-do list for ages. I had plenty of ideas over the years, but never got the time nor the mood to get started (Barcodes and a scanner was one of them) 🙈
I ended up keeping most of my stuff in transparent IKEA boxes like our friend Andreas from Switzerland.
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pl1tvPCBE0&t=327)
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### Author:  [@dynamicdave](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dynamicdave)
#### Post date: [6 January 2025 14:34 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/bar-code-scanner/94073/35 "2025-01-06T14:34:09Z")
Woooo - he has a lot of "stuff" including a beer brewing kit.
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### Author:  [@kuema](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/kuema)
#### Post date: [6 January 2025 14:35 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/bar-code-scanner/94073/36 "2025-01-06T14:35:55Z")
You may find a lot of interesting projects there. 😇
And very entertaining, too. 😂
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