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www-personal.umich.edu - 11/19/2008

Automatic Window Shades

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(click image to see circuit diagram and here's AVR code )

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youtube.com - 11/19/2008

Rise and Shine Automatic Window Blinds (video)

— youtube.com — I modified my alarm clock to open my bedroom shades whenever the alarm goes off (with buzzer... or silently). Since the shades are now motorized they also open... (more) Rise and Shine Automatic Window Blinds (video)

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Alarm clock automated blinds
Hack a Day — ... [Anupam Pathak] knows how jarring it can be to wake up to a traditional alarm clock. He decided to hack an alarm clock so that it would open the shades in his room to allow in natural light. He found the pin that went high when the alarm was triggered and used that to signal an ATtiny45. The microcontroller activates a servo connected directly to the blinds. He has switches on the side of the clock to manually control the blinds and to cut power to the audible alarm. Video embedded after the break. ...

Video: Rise and Shine alarm hack is sheers genius
Engadget — Filed under: HouseholdFew devices receive as much attention to re-design as the mousetrap and alarm clock. Regarding the latter, Anupam Patahak, a Mechanical Engineering student at the University of Michigan, takes a natural light approach with his Rise and Shine Alarm Shades. At a predefined time, the modified alarm clock silently (or noisily) kicks off a servo to wind open the shades. Nothing like the deep, battleship gray skies of mid-western suburbia to rouse a young mind from sleep. Video after the break. [Via Hack A Day] ...