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Re:The Amazing $1 Microcontroller (2017) by blhack on Tuesday May 07, 2019 @03:20PM (#19852573)
Don't you have to run power to the blinds to run the motor to move them up and down anyway?
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Re:The Amazing $1 Microcontroller (2017) by therealx on Tuesday May 07, 2019 @04:37PM (#19853221)
You assume the blinds are power to begin with.
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Re:The Amazing $1 Microcontroller (2017) by blhack on Tuesday May 07, 2019 @06:34PM (#19854062)
The parent comment is talking about adding motors to their existing blinds.

I'm saying: the power consumtion of an LED seems minimal compared to the power consumption of the motor to move them up and down.

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