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Door Activated LED Lighting using Hall Effect Sensors

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Finally, all you should have to do is connect the wires from the control unit to the power source, in my case a 5v wall wart, and from the LEDs to the transistor and power. Then place the sensor somewhere where a magnet attached to your closet door will set it off.

Here's a video of the top unit working with the sensor:



And here is the completed unit:


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2 comments
Sep 27, 2009. 6:13 PMdukich5536 says:
oh wow, I think I'll try with a movement detector. Thanks for posting
Sep 14, 2009. 2:41 AMgeoper2 says:
nice one thx for sharing there is really a lot that can be done for upgrade but its really useful thx again

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