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Motorized/electric vertical blinds?
I have some vertical blinds in my living room that are manually driven via a cord to tilt the blinds and another cord to open or close the blinds. I wonder is there a conversion kit to open/close and tilt them electronically via a remote control?
I have found some kits from hundreds of dollars to thousands, but know I could find one or build one for way less.
Any thoughts or ideas?
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7 years ago
You could modify servos for continuous rotation, then control them via something knocked up from an Arduino?
Reply 6 years ago
Just curious, why do you suggest servos? Why not ordinary motors?
Reply 6 years ago
Regular motors require more power and would require a motor shield for the Arduino to run them. You also loose accuracy with regular motors. When you cut the power from a servo it stops. When you cut the power from a motor it will spin a bit more before stopping.
Reply 6 years ago
Yes, what he said...
Reply 6 years ago
Thanks :)
Reply 6 years ago
Ah, good to know. Thank you!
6 years ago
http://www.smarthome.com/3142/Add-A-Motor-45-80-Motorized-Drape-Controller/p.aspx
6 years ago
If you can't find a kit to do what you want you can always make something to do it. That's what I did here:
https://www.instructables.com/id/Build-A-Motorized-Window-Blinds-Controller-For-Les/
Look around. Others have also posted Instructables dealing with similar devices.
6 years ago
some one pleassee figure this out!