Arduino RGB LED Spinning Night Light: Assembly

Posted July 13th, 2010 by Natalia and filed in Arduino, Project
  1. Arduino RGB LED night light schematicSolder wires to motor terminals and cover with heat-shrink tubing
  2. Using a knife or sharp scissors, puncture a small hole (to fit the motor shaft snugly) on the center of the jar lid
  3. Solder motor shaft to jar lid (if necessary use hot gun or super glue, as some surfaces won’t “catch” the solder easily)
  4. Solder the RGB LED leads to long wires and cover the connections with heat-shrink tubing
  5. Build the circuit on the mini breadboard using the schematic as your guide
  6. Prepare the paper diffuser (use a hole puncher and punch a few holes to allow some light to shine through) and tape it around the jar lid using mounting tape

  7. motor leads

  8. Mount the motor to the side of the breadboard using mounting tape
  9. Tie the LED wires together and secure the wire bundle using a stick as prop (I used a lollipop stick in one of the holes on the breadboard); split the stick tip shaping it as a “Y” to help secure the LED wires in place(show finished picture)

Check the previous post if you need to see the sketch for the Arduino RGB LED night light again.

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