Hi, I think I'm posting this in the right sub heading.
Last year I built / programmed some automated blinds. 5 separate continuous servos, into a servo Controller, then a ESP8266. Been using them for while now and somewhat happy with them. But i'm considering or i've wondered, is there a better way.
At the minute (Ref 4, two blinds together) you can see i've attached the servo inline with the rod that turns the blinds. Turning then at this point is allot more work than if i turned them using the actual mechanism in Ref 3. But hooking them up to use that was beyond my skill set. I also feel i cant quite close them as tight with my method than what i use to be able to do by hand.
How would you have tackled this project?
Please excuse my armature approach to this, i am a bit of a noob, as you can probably see from using lego and wire straps to keep the servos in place.
Thanks
Gav
Last year I built / programmed some automated blinds. 5 separate continuous servos, into a servo Controller, then a ESP8266. Been using them for while now and somewhat happy with them. But i'm considering or i've wondered, is there a better way.
At the minute (Ref 4, two blinds together) you can see i've attached the servo inline with the rod that turns the blinds. Turning then at this point is allot more work than if i turned them using the actual mechanism in Ref 3. But hooking them up to use that was beyond my skill set. I also feel i cant quite close them as tight with my method than what i use to be able to do by hand.
How would you have tackled this project?
Please excuse my armature approach to this, i am a bit of a noob, as you can probably see from using lego and wire straps to keep the servos in place.
Thanks
Gav
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