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Automated Blinds
by JackGooding
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My bedroom blinds were midly inconvienient to open/close, so I designed this thing to automate that process.
It's controlled using a NodeMCU esp8266, set up as a webserver/API, and pretending to be a Phillips Hue device, for Alexa to access it locally.
The motor used is a 5V 28byj-48 motor, controlled using a A4988 driver, with 7.5V input.
There is a gear reduction of 18/56, or 1:3.11, and takes about 3 minutes to fully close.
This is because I'm renting and the blinds that were here a
It's controlled using a NodeMCU esp8266, set up as a webserver/API, and pretending to be a Phillips Hue device, for Alexa to access it locally.
The motor used is a 5V 28byj-48 motor, controlled using a A4988 driver, with 7.5V input.
There is a gear reduction of 18/56, or 1:3.11, and takes about 3 minutes to fully close.
This is because I'm renting and the blinds that were here a
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