Automating IKEA Fridans roller blinds with Home Assistant (or even without it)
In order to make this work, you will need to buy a few standard parts from us (or Aliexpress or Amazon etc) and the custom PCB that we designed. We also provide the YAML code needed to make this work with Home Assistant.
Depending on the quality of the motor, it should have enough torque for 200cm in width (the maximum width of the Fridans roller). The mounting is done using the original fittings. Some 3D printed parts are needed to fit the motor in the center roller.
Speed is around 25-35 seconds to roll up/down 1 meter, this is for a blind with 160 cm in width. Smaller blinds can be set to go faster. We don't recomend a faster speed for the larger ones, as they tend to be quite heavy.
Wiring is simple. You can follow this picture if you want to test the functionality or just want to implement it without the PCB
For this project we created two PCBs. One with the standard ESP8266. Even if this is an old chip many people are still rellying on it. If you have good wifi coverage than this should do the trick for you.
If you have spotty wifi coverage or maybe you don't have old chips lying around and you will order new hardware for this project, then you can use this PCB, which is power by the newer ESP32 C3 Zero Mini Pro board. This also allows connecting an external WiFi antenna for extended WiFi coverage.
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