Hardware

Automated Blinds

I’ve really be into home automation lately. “Hey Alexa, turn on my living room lights!” It’s been interesting diving into the world of home automation. But the one thing I could not fine (at least reasonably priced), was something that would open and close my blinds. Since I’m currently on parental leave from work and needed something to exercise my mind, I decided to tackle it myself.

Two Step Process

The whole approach was going to be two fold, find out if it is possible…then automate it. The first step was to see if I could get it done with a push of a button. What parts would I need? Do I have things on hand? Etc…. From there, I did some digging and came up with this result.