DIY WiFi Controlled Blinds - DIY Builds
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- Опубліковано 4 сер 2024
- Another video inspired by being lazy. I made a webserver with an ESP32 which I can access over WiFi using my phone or computer. The ESP32 controls a DC motor which adjusts the shades.
Hope you like my DIY home automation project!
I actually added a small microUSB cable that sticks out the side of the blinds. In theory I can use it to charge the battery. Or just leave it there to power the device!
Arduino Project Write-Up: create.arduino.cc/projecthub/...
Resource Videos:
DroneBot Workshop: • Introduction to ESP32 ...
Robojax: • Using ESP32 to contro...
Rui Santos: • ESP32 Servo Motor Web ...
Links (Affiliate):
TS100: amzn.to/32SGZHk
Gear Motor: amzn.to/3ckkGxA
Driver Board: amzn.to/3hNUrkc
ESP32: amzn.to/2ZYEG3V
Solar Panel: amzn.to/2EoKyf4
Timestamps:
0:00 - Very important, don't skip
0:19 - Automating Stuff
1:36 - Break Out the Calipers, Solidworks
2:52 - Code "Overview"
3:30 - First Assembly
3:57 - Defeat
5:19 - Code/Device Breakdown
8:07 - Battery Construction
8:51 - Final Assembly
9:17 - Testing Device
10:32 - Final Results/Outro
Outtro Music by Gaston Williamson:
/ gaston-williamson
This thing:
/ typalowski - Наука та технологія
Sorry for the weirdness around the 2:20 part! Apparently using "[No Copyright Music] Chill Lofi Hip Hop Beat FREE Instrumental (Copyright Free) Chillhop Music" will still cause a copyright claim a few days after posting; the sound had to overlayed with some free UA-cam stuff.
I talked about setting my constraints, then wanting to model some of the components I had on hand to figure out how to make the thing turn.
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@Tristan Giovanni instablaster :)
@Maurice Apollo thanks so much for your reply. I got to the site through google and I'm waiting for the hacking stuff atm.
Seems to take a while so I will get back to you later with my results.
@Maurice Apollo it worked and I actually got access to my account again. Im so happy!
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@Tristan Giovanni Glad I could help :D
"I could just buy so........I could just make some blind control" - initially I thought my audio had cut out......really made me laugh - thumbs up and subscribed and I'm only that fair into your video. :)
Great project write-up, looking forward to more projects like this.
I love projects like this, where no matter how far you get, you can just imagine more and more improvements. Better battery pack, better solar, UI improvements, hooking this up to a home IoT system, the list goes on and on!
Also...
"I'm genuinely proud of myself"
🥰
Yeah! I’m already thinking of programming a timer in to the blinds, so they open up when my alarm goes off in the morning. I added a micro usb cable to the side to charge/run the system if the batteries fail again.
Thanks for the continued support Matthew!
Fabulous. And I like your easy style - makes it all very pleasant to watch and learn.
Great video. Appreciate the detail and highlights of things that didn't work. I've been putting together ESP32 devices (LED strips, Presence Sensors, etc) and integrating them directly into HomeKit so I can automate or control them. Blinds are still on my list of things to do so this was very helpful.
Awesome as usual.
The things you make are cool because they are things we all want, yet we don't realize it.
Keep making them! +ultra
I appreciate the support! Thank you for the nice comments man!
This is awesome. There's no reason for those automation kits to be so expensive and it's cool you were able to me a cheaper alternative. Super impressive stuff
I appreciate that Daniel! I’m already thinking of ways to improve this and make it even better than the store bought onesn
first video I see, he says: "I like automating stuff", I instantly subbed :D
This is so freakin clever, wish I had a brother like you 😆 amazingly well thought out and explained as usual!
Hah thanks! Glad you liked the build!
In all seriousness, your channel is severely underrated.
P.s. i also I recently got through this project (about 4 months ago) and have been pondering how else to do it. Love the content and this gave me some ideas of where i can make changes to my design. Maybe ill upload something with my project/design/process in the future. good stuff. keep it up.
I really appreciate that! Thanks for checking out the channel and leaving some nice comments. I look forward to your video!
WOAH I LOVE UR CHANNEL, THANK YOU, IMA TRY TO IMPLEMENT THIS WITH MY ROLLER SHADES
Pretty good !
if you don't frequently open/close it then try deep-sleep mode to save some juice and open/close at specific time :)
Man I've been mulling this same issue for a while. I want to raise and lower my blinds, though, which I would imagine is much more involved than just turning that rod
Your comedy is hilarious 😂
What a great project and thanks for sharing. How did you limit the motor so it doesn't keep spinning, how does it know the start and finish?
Hi do you sell a complete unit ready to go with a up and down switch preferably 12v may be 6 unit and cost in the uk ?
I started playing around with this project myself. I can't keep the ESP powered on for more than a day basically - and I haven't even connected the motor yet. I've got a decent solar panel - produces enough voltage to power the ESP during the day, but the batteries just never really get charged up. I am going to try and put a low voltage drop out in so that I can put this on the 3.3v pin instead of 5v, but I don't think that's really going to do enough.
Have you found a way of getting this to stay powered longer? I would love to change this code up a little bit and use an MQTT queue and Homebridge to control my blinds via HomeKit/Siri, so sleeping the device doesn't really seem like an option, and waking it every minute or whatever to check if a change was made also doesn't seem like a realistic option.
Holy shit another awesome video and awesome build! It's always a pleasure to watch your videos!
I wanna do something similar too, except it's not blinds or anything but a desk that can change height.
I already have it, but you have to do it manually with a hand crank, instead of electrically with a push on a button.
Any tips on what I should pay attention to?
Thanks! Glad you enjoy them!
You could do the same concept I’m sure; get a strong enough motor and design something that can couple the shaft and crank together. They sell really strong 24V, low RPM motors that should be able to do that. I would make sure to add limit switches to make sure the motor doesn’t over torque anything. Or just use a momentary switch for all the adjusting, keeping it manual would help to make sure it doesn’t break anything! Good luck man! Let me know if you need any help!
@@TyPalowski thanks for the tips! I think I only need help choosing the motors, I think I got the code and hardware figured out, except for the motors. I have no idea which one to choose.
For making sure the motor doesn't break, I'm just planning on letting the Arduino count the amount of rotations the motor has to make the first time to determine how high I want the desk to be and after that it will just go that amount of turns up or down
In that case I would suggest a stepper motor; a motor that has gives feedback on the number of steps (degrees of rotation) it has completed.
Did you ever find a solution for your battery/solar issue? I'm trying to figure that out myself. Thought about deep sleep mode but I don't think that will work when you want to move the blinds on the fly.
This is super cool. I wanted to do something similar like this however I do not have blinds - only curtains. Still need to figure that one out haha
Where there's a will there's a way! You can do it man! Thanks for watching and commenting.
Nice! I’m curious about using a web server to power on a 3D printer, then using something like octoprint to start prints remotely.
Thanks! And where there's a will there's a way! You could make a physical button presser with a little solenoid, or just splice into the contacts and connect it to a transistor and esp32 like I did here!
Go for it man!
Hi. I just watched your video on your blind tilt. How is it working? Should I try to duplicate what you did or should I try something else?
Ok... im like. 32 seconds into this video and i already subscribed.
1. You had me at: shot of turning the curtain rod TO blinds suddenly falling off the wall. A literal and metaphorical example of every day of my @&*@ing life.
2. i too started this endeavor by saying to myself "i could just buy some blind control...I can just make some blind...." - CUT to 10 hours into the project and now I'm covered in hot glue, cat hair, solder beads and every driver bit i own is glued somewhere to my body. I have burned my self more times than i can count and that's only because the burns are too distracting to reliably keep a count past 7. I have almost succeeded in a hot glue self mummification.... It's caulking the shower all over again isnt it?... ya know what.... $149 isn't so bad. Do they take paypal?
I think you can remove the led of the esp32 to even save more milliamps.
Your battery pack looks interesting. You could also verify if the solar panel delivers enough amps to fully charge your batteries.
Yeah! That’s a good idea, I didn’t know if the led served any other purpose than a standby light.
The panel specs show it can generate ~150mA, but I should probably test what it is in actuality haha. Thanks for the suggestions and comment!
these steppers will work when modified Geared Stepper Motor 28byj.. they will run on 12 volts and have enough power to do the job. But my question and challenge is , make the blind work while leaving the worm gear in place... That is what I am working on, but you seem way more talented in design. we need to attach something to the 'worm gear' portion inside the blind and run it with the stepper. What is lacking with any automation like this is keeping a way to manually tilt the blind. That I feel is essential to a good automation ( not removing a feature, but only adding features)
Nice work, did you figure out a reliable power source? You could stack more batteries in series then connect your 2 diy cells in parallel like in ebike batteries or solar battery banks. Also thinking it might be that you don't get enough sun on the solar pannel as they usually point upwards.
Afterthought... you need a charge management system to charge 2 cells I think or use 2 solar panels. You'd have more expertise than me just sharing my thoughts
5:44 i love your boom mic setup. also, you need a workbench.
Thanks haha. Wooden dowels and 3D printed joints.
And I agree, that’s my next big project at my casa. I’ll be devoting one whole wall in my garage to a workbench setup.
That’s what I’ve been sayin’.
if you dont now you can do a 28BYJ-48 Bipolar Mod for in increasingly torque.
it is super easy.
Fuckin 'Murrica. Great work man. Subscribed.
Not sure of the specs of the solar panel, but is it possible the panel has some parasitic resistance and draws current from the batteries when it’s not producing a higher voltage than them? If so, putting a diode on the output from the panel to the batteries would help solve that.
My thoughts exactly! I actually filmed a whole bit about installing a diode to make sure that didn’t happen... then I looked at the specs and the panel comes with a diode already installed lol.
@@TyPalowski Just learning about IoT. Would love to do this with solar, but without the WiFi/app, and just IR remote control. I'm guessing this would require a lot less power? Every video I see about this is a custom one-off! Great job btw, you manage to make aggravation look fun!
Bad ass music
What software do you use for modelling?
I use Solidworks!
@@TyPalowski thanks, I'll check it out, I have just started in mechatronics and I've been trying to find a decent program for my designs
Count Dancula in the beginning
Cat's out of the bag, Ty. We know you have a bush outside your house.
Lol I named it George.
WTF why are all the bases in these DIY-Videos for Blinds so extremly large so you can easily fit a whole motor in it?
It's just what came with the house man..