Anyone know of projects controlling window blinds ?
I dont know much about advantages in different motor solutions, my understanding is in () below.
Servo(Will turn to a position, and offer readback of position)
stepper(must be pulsed to move, very acurate)
regular (apply power and it runs, reverse to go the other way)
I guess the motor would be connected to the thread/wire and have to pull this to raise the blinds, and release to lower them.
This could be done by just rolling it onto a roll of some sort.
Also I have no idea what kind of motor size I need, it takes a fair amount of "power" to pull the blinds up, but if it can be slow maybe a big gear ratio could help there ?
I dont know much about advantages in different motor solutions, my understanding is in () below.
Servo(Will turn to a position, and offer readback of position)
stepper(must be pulsed to move, very acurate)
regular (apply power and it runs, reverse to go the other way)
I guess the motor would be connected to the thread/wire and have to pull this to raise the blinds, and release to lower them.
This could be done by just rolling it onto a roll of some sort.
Also I have no idea what kind of motor size I need, it takes a fair amount of "power" to pull the blinds up, but if it can be slow maybe a big gear ratio could help there ?