Home Awesomation
Stand back witness a very cool project that literally took me less than an hour to prototype. And the prototype isn’t that far from the complete project. For a long time now I wanted automated window blinds, because to me, blinds are pretty useless on their own. I don’t open them when it’s sunny, and if I do, I forget to close them for privacy when it’s dark. Can’t this just happen for me? Like come on.
There are solutions available but my theme is cheap. If I had to pay for premium home automation, I simply wouldn’t do it. I may be lazy but I’m even more so cheap.
I successfully converted existing blinds in my house to automated blinds with many features for about $35-40. The blinds themselves cost about $35-40. So all in all this is a cheap upgrade for what you get.
What my blinds do (aka what sensors does it have). My window blinds will:
- Open when it’s day light, and close when the sun goes down. This is accomplished EASILY with a $1 Light Dependent Resistor.
- Will close partially when it’s a very hot day. Accomplished by a $1 Thermal sensor model TMP36.
- Open or close blinds to any degree I wish using my logitech harmony remote (or any remote), accomplished by an IR Receiver for $1.
- Open “manually” by pulling on existing pull string (modified) or by waving hand near top of blind using a IR motion sensor
Nishant Kshirsagar
Eric Moyer
rish2891993
Austin Marandos
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/551966671/automate-your-blinds-with-a-smart-control-kit-in-1