Side Lamp

Side Lamp
https://tinkersprojects.com/

I have been wanting new lights beside the bed for a while now and had an idea of making my own. I wanted a light that can be turned on/off from any light connected to the power supply.

For this project, I discided to go with an Arduino UNO (ATMEGA328P) to control the power and lighting. This controller will be connected to a PC ATX power supply unit. To save power and to make sure the power supply is not running constantly, the controller can turn the power on and off. the controller uses the PC ATX PSU standby 5V power to power itself and controls the PSU.

The lights use a PWM signal from the microcontroller to fade the lights up and down. The Arduino uses a LED Fading library found here and it controls the value of the PWM for each light. The microcontroller uses a PNP transistor per light to power the light.

Most of the parts were made on my CNC with some made on the 3D printer.

See Arduino code: https://tinkersprojects.com/pr