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timer + servo motor connected to blinds pull?

I keep imagining a nighttime bedroom temperature control based on a PID and a servo attached to my window-- would probably be too loud (esp with the required torque) to work while I'm sleeping, but a guy can dream, right? Maybe with some louvers...




...would probably be too loud (esp with the required torque)...

Maybe not. What if the window opened over a period of 2-3 minutes? You would also have a more stable system.


perhaps with a very high gear ratio?

it turns out there is a whole market segment for motorized blinds-- but all quite pricey and mostly focused on industrial applications.

How much would people pay for a low-cost kit to work with existing blinds? Will add these to my consumer products idea list the next time I meet with my product-development/manufacturing friends...




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