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blhack on May 7, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Amazing $1 Microcontroller (2017)

Don't you have to run power to the blinds to run the motor to move them up and down anyway?

therealx on May 7, 2019 [–]

You assume the blinds are power to begin with.

blhack on May 7, 2019 | [–]

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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