Seeeduino Curtain Control

 by suqingxiao
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We often forget to pull up our curtain and just turn on fluorescent lamp if we have an automatic curtain, we can save the energy and contribute to the low carbon living.
The designed curtain has two modes: automatic mode and remote control mode.

1)Seeeduino V328 Brain accept information from sensors and give information to motor driver
http://www.seeedstudio.com/depot/seeeduino-v328-fully-assembledatmega-328-p-439.html?cPath=79_80
2)small direct curent motor Move the curtain
http://www.seeedstudio.com/depot/gear-reduction-motor-p12-6v-60rpm-p-236.html?cPath=119_124
3)L298 Dual H-Bridge Motor Driver Drive the motor
http://www.seeedstudio.com/depot/l298-dual-hbridge-motor-driver-p-284.html?cPath=9
4)light sensing brick Detect the light intensity
http://www.seeedstudio.com/depot/electronic-brick-light-sensoranalog-p-474.html?cPath=48_52
5)Electronic Brick Shield V4 Expand interfaces of Seeeduino V328
http://www.seeedstudio.com/depot/electronic-brick-shield-v4-p-458.html?cPath=48_49
6)IR Remote control transmitter Press the key and control the motor
7)IR Remote control reciever Receive signal from IR Remote control



 
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Step 1: How to move the curtain?

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First:The three signal inputs of the L298 Dual H-Bridge Motor Driver are EA, I1 and I2. EA is connected to the PWM interfaces to control the speed and I1, I2 are connected to digital interfaces on the Seeeduino V328 to set steering direction.
We connect EA to Seeeduino 's PWM interfaces and connect I1, I2 to Seeeduino 's digital interface.
So we can determinate the steering direction and the speed of motor.

Second:Here I have the motor mounted on a mechanical joint yard, the mechanical production of zygote is the first to find a gear, the gear can be driven up and down sliding access to justice. This is to control, or you can manually control.
Kxris says: May 4, 2013. 4:05 AM
This is great. I want to make several of them. The link for the Seeduino V328 brain doesn't bring up a part.
Is it a Seeeduino Mega SKU: ARD121D2P?
Thanks
martind17 says: May 3, 2013. 7:55 PM
Aren't blinds the ones with slats?
earthshine says: Aug 19, 2010. 2:17 PM
The title is misleading as this is a blind not a curtain. However, nice tutorial.
Broom in reply to earthshineOct 5, 2010. 1:26 AM
Eh, the terms are fairly interchangeable to me, and, I suspect, many others.
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