Waking Up Made Easy! (DIY Artificial Sunrise)
To combat morning grumpiness, we made an artificial sunrise lamp to slowly prepare my body for waking up. We salvaged an old LCD screen from the garbage bin, and repurposed the backlighting elements to form a large distributed surface that can spread light evenly across my entire bedroom.
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The concept of repurposing LCD backlighting sections for light diffusion has been done by DIY Perks in several of his videos, check them out if you're curious:
How to make a relaxing "false window" light panel (using old laptop screens):
• How to make a relaxing "false window" ligh...
Turning Smashed TVs into Realistic Artificial Daylight:
• Turning Smashed TVs into Realistic Artific...
DIY Studio Lights - How to Build Your Own!:
• DIY Studio Lights - How to Build Your Own!
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Open Source files and project details:
Code and CAD:
Github repo: https://github.com/appliedprocrastina...
Technical Writeup: https://hackaday.io/project/181674-zo...
Third party:
Arduino Nano: https://store.arduino.cc/products/ard...
Adafruit DS3231 RTC: https://www.adafruit.com/product/3013
Rotary Encoder Module (affiliate): https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_9w0vKg
Pushbutton w/ LED (affiliate): https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_A8eoKG
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Credits:
Intro/Theme song:
Nicklas Myhre: / myhre.nicklas
Music:
Dreams from Bensound.com
Patience by Dyalla
Jukebox by Patrick Patrikios
Homer Said by Dyalla
I Feel Like Partying Right Now by Nat Keefe & BeatMower