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Late Update: Scheduling via Arduino Cloud

A project log for BlindBot

A sunlight-revealing window buddy

larkLark 2 days ago0 Comments

On Mar 8, we were able to successfully connect the bot to the Arduino Cloud service to run the motor on a schedule!

We initially were going to use Adafruit, but in debugging issues with that, I stumbled upon Arduino Cloud, which is much more user friendly--it's made especially for Arduino, handles all WiFi connecting and time tracking, and generally has more features than Adafruit for the dashboard. They also have an app, so it's super convenient.

The full details are in the instructions page, but we were able to use the CloudSchedule feature to set times for the bot to open and close the blinds. For testing, we had this running about once a minute, but it is very easy to change the times and can be set to run once a day.

Here's what our dashboard looks like:

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