I want a couple of devices that could open and close my blackout curtains depending on a schedule or smart home integration. Cheaper to make one or buy one?
3 years ago by coldblade2000 to c/diy
They are analog roller shades. I feel like it could be a decent project but my budget isn't great, so i do want to know if that is something worth DIYing or not. Also I wouldn't know what micro controller to use.
Any tips?
Edit: also does anyone know of any federated /r/homeautomation equivalent?
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Disclaimer: I havent done this (yet)
My plan for this (just bought the curtains) is to use normal analog curtains and add one of these: https://www.zigbee2mqtt.io/devices/ZNJLBL01LM.html (or similar)
And connect it to the rest of my MQTT home automation, but that might be a big setup if it is just for curtains.
My home automation setup is Home Assistant and Node Red, using Zigbee2MQTT on a Raspberry pi
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