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Christmas Light Controller

Christmas Light Controller

Difficulty
Festive

Summary

This project uses a few handy components on a traditional UNO prototyping board; Build the module as below then place on top of the UNO.

With the open-source nature of this project you would be able to attach sensors to it if you required. This project uses a few handy components on a traditional UNO prototyping board to make setting up a breeze. Simply build the module then place on top of the UNO, you can even set up your own sensors or use the XC4411 Uno with WiFi to make it IoT controlled.

Provides adjustable voltage, between 12 and 40 volts, with two programmable outputs, suitable for most lights. Power by any DC power you have spare, 5-12v.

Requires solid-core wires (WH3032) terminal headers (HM3172) if you prefer (not supplied).

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Future Improvements

The complexity of this project lies on building the prototyping shield, but once that has finished you can simply connect that on any arduino-shield compatible device, and still use many of the pins available on the arduino;

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