For motorizing the Death Star I’ve printed another 3d piece: A pulley.
The star lamp is designed to be opened and closed by a short cable by hand. I want to automate this as well to open and close the star via the internet. With that I want to get emotional responses to triggers like the motion sensor.
A geared motor will move the pulley with the cable. At the top and the bottom there are two reed switches foreseen which are triggered by a magnet. This will allow a position detection and determine whether the star is completely opened or closed and stop the motor.
