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Automatic Window Blinds Controller (PICAXE)

Step 7Install The Light Dependent Resistor

Install The Light Dependent Resistor
The Light Dependent Resistor (LDR) needs to be mounted on the rear of the project box.

In this position it "looks" outside when the blinds are open and directly at the blinds when they are closed. I found that this arrangement works best because enough light shines through the blinds to make the controller open the blinds in the morning and the project box blocks any lights in the room from shining on the LDR and keeping it from closing the blinds in the evening.
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After a career in industrial electronics I went back to college and now do DNA research.