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Winter is knocking on the door again in Europe.
I hate getting up in the dark, therefore I need a wake-up light...
Now normal persons would probably cough up the E90,- for a Philips Wake-Up Light.
Or get a cheap rip-off for E40,-
But I happened to have a microprocessor controlled multifunctional dimmer laying around. Yay!
(Bought it years ago for a project, never quite got around to soldering the kit together though)
Now, i do have a clockradio, but i hate waking up by the radio. So i use my cellphone as an alarm.
So actually, all i needed was a light to go slowly on, say 15 to 25 minutes before i have to wake-up.
Plans started forming in my head...
I hate getting up in the dark, therefore I need a wake-up light...
Now normal persons would probably cough up the E90,- for a Philips Wake-Up Light.
Or get a cheap rip-off for E40,-
But I happened to have a microprocessor controlled multifunctional dimmer laying around. Yay!
(Bought it years ago for a project, never quite got around to soldering the kit together though)
Now, i do have a clockradio, but i hate waking up by the radio. So i use my cellphone as an alarm.
So actually, all i needed was a light to go slowly on, say 15 to 25 minutes before i have to wake-up.
Plans started forming in my head...
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Well first of all i had to solder the dimmer (Velleman Kit 8028) together. Easy enough! It all worked, so that was step 1. Now i needed to get a timerclock. I went to a local store (Action, i love the place...) where they have all sorts of stuff for cheap. Found myself a timer! It's in german, but what the heck, not important. (btw. It looked pretty hackable: screws on the back, so it would open up easily)
Now i needed something to stuff it all in. box... wooden box... a Tea-box! Hooray, only 1,- !
The 'glass' was actually plastic and was very thin as well. Probably doesn't matter.
Also a few lightbulbs to see which colors would be pleasant (classic (yellow-ish), terracotta and clear). Found a nice usable lampbase in the shed.
Now i needed something to stuff it all in. box... wooden box... a Tea-box! Hooray, only 1,- !
The 'glass' was actually plastic and was very thin as well. Probably doesn't matter.
Also a few lightbulbs to see which colors would be pleasant (classic (yellow-ish), terracotta and clear). Found a nice usable lampbase in the shed.
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This because the schematic of this print is overcomplicated for the function you want... (plus i don't have it :-)
Can anyone help me with the circuit for the wake up light, please.