The Results of Boredom

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Have you ever felt it would be handy to have you blinds open and close by themselves? Well I did! so I had them do just that.

I used a photoresitor and switch to sense the lights levels outside, and the position of the blinds. A small 12v toy motor and gear box provides the opening action. Everything is controlled with an Arduino.

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