Blinds adjuster
Background
I dreamed this kind of smart home solution for years. And I have still plenty of similar ideas waiting for making. This was also in my mind for couple of years.
Technical details
3D models for the blinds adjuster can be downloaded from here. If you want to build this in addition to the 3D printed parts you'll need:
- Raspberry Pi or any other computer according to your taste
- Servo controller board any kind that fits into the servo contoller board cover box. If not, then just make your own. Come on, be creative! :)
- Standard servos as many as you have windows in your house
- Two ball bearings for each blinds adjuster (size: 10mm x 15mm x 4mm)
- Lots of M3 screws, nuts and nylocs (screw lengths: 10mm - 30mm)
- Some wire
There are few design principles I kept in mind while making this:
- I didn't want any more holes in the walls than necessary. That's why each adjuster is screwed with only one screw to the wall in the hole that already existed
- I had some parts already as a leftover from previous projects. That's why I used an old Atmel microcontroller as a servo controller for instance
Action
There's a short video below telling a story how everything happend. Enjoy!
Next, all I need to do is to print enough of these for the whole house :D