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He rebuilt his parents’ blind controls so the house opens and closes itself with the sun

His parents’ ten blinds ran off one dumb radio remote. With a Flipper Zero he recorded the signals, the AI spec’d an ESP32 board to send them, wrote and flashed the software, and designed a printed case; the blinds now open and close at sunrise and sunset with a small web page for overrides. Later the AI built a phone app so his parents can just ask Siri to open or close them.

How it works

  1. Record the remote signals
  2. The AI specs the board and antenna
  3. The AI writes and flashes the software
  4. Printed case built from the AI’s files
  5. Sunrise and sunset schedule live
  6. Siri app added later

Why it’s worth knowing

The agent crossed into hardware: it picked parts, flashed firmware and shaped the box the board lives in.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on reddit.com. See the original ↗

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