Smart Blinds Compatible with Smartthings? (2018)

[Ryan780]

I did these and they were super easy. Only thing I found I had to change was the dimensions of the opening of the gear for my Home Depot horizontal blinds. I also redesigned it to motorize my vertical blinds. All the blinds in my house are now automated for less that $100.

[RELEASE] ESP8266 / Arduino servo controlled smart blinds

Here we go! This is a re-think of the simple smart blinds created by @C_Hobbs. The code now supports positioning the blinds, not just open and close. You can also add a switch to the blinds for those times that you just want to move them a bit manually. I used a custom designed gear box I printed on my 3d printer to connect the servo to the shaft that controls the window blind angle. This is my first SmartThings project. I will clean up this first post as time allows and I get some pictures taken. For the servo I used a $4 TowerPro clone from AliExpress model MG996. I found that the D1 Mini WeMos board fit easier in the window blind header than the NodeMCU. Both should work. The largest window I have in my house is a picture window that is about 6’ and this setup works for that. Any sma…