Arduino Orb Build Warden

Step 7 Put it all Together

When you took apart the lamp, there was likely some fiber glass insulation inside of it. I took this, and rubber banded it across the back of the circuit board to act as insulation to protect from a short. Take the wires and thread them through the top of the lighting fixture base, and then hook them up the the appropriate pins on the arduino. Next screw the fixture to the wooden base.

Now you'll need a light diffuser. The LEDs mostly aim up, so without something to diffuse the light, the result when the glass is on top will be very disappointing. I took some clear plastic bag and crumpled it up, and held it down on the LEDs with the rubber bands I used for the insulation. Next I took some translucent tape and made a small dome over the circuit board. This was sufficient to diffuse the light. Experiment with this part. My solution may not be optimal. One mode of experimentation that I think may be fruitful would be to slip small sections of white straw over each led, and them tape them together.

Finally, you can put the glass on the base. And you are done!.

For a few more photos, I have a gallery and my Blog posting about it

Comments

[xorshift]

Well done instructable! It has been mentioned before, but I find shaving the heads off the LEDS to be a great diffuser (with a dremel cut off disc) even if you mount the LEDS in a ping pong ball..