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I found it necessary to have some lighting in my cellar. On the occasion we need it for an emergency and other than that we use it for storage. We haven't had a good lighting setup in there so I decided to make one. A person could use this setup in a room or an office or for whatever purposes you can think of.

Originally I attempted using just a potentiometer to control the lights inside BAD IDEA. These LEDs pull several amps. On adjustment of the potentiometer, it burn up rendering it useless. You could build a similar circuit without an Arduino, but I love coding and building things with them. So onto the simple build using Arduino Nano.

A step to completing this would be to add another 12v SLA battery in parallel to have more battery power. In my calculations there isn't a whole lot of power in these smaller cells to last very long. Another thing would be to build a generator on the turbine to charge the batteries as well. But this is as it is for the moment. Another further step would be to add an IoT board to have access from anywhere in the local network.

Arduino Nano is inside the cheaply made wooden enclosure.

12v Solar charge controller. From solar panel to this then battery then from battery to load. To transistor controlled by Arduino Nano.

EXPANDED TECHNICAL DETAILS

Sustainable Interior Automation

This project provides a robust, off-grid lighting solution for cellars or remote rooms, balancing solar yield with high-efficiency LED output.

  • Solar Charge Telemetry: The Arduino monitors the voltage of a 6V solar panel and a Li-Ion battery pack. The firmware prevents overcharging and deep discharge, ensuring the longevity of the energy storage system.
  • Automatic Occupancy Detection: Features a PIR motion sensor. The Arduino only activates the high-power LED arrays when movement is detected, maximizing the "Cellar Uptime" by not wasting energy on an empty room.

Efficiency

  • PWM Night-Dimming: To save power during low-battery states, the Arduino automatically reduces the LED brightness using PWM, providing "Safety Lighting" instead of full illumination.

ข้อมูล Frontmatter ดั้งเดิม 

title: "Solar Powered, Cellar Lighting Arduino Control"
description: "Simple LED lighting using Arduino Nano."
author: "thejester"
category: "Home & Automation"
tags:
  - "solar"
  - "home automation"
  - "led"
views: 8578
likes: 1
price: 1499
difficulty: "Easy"
components:
  - "2x LE 16.4ft 300 SMD 5050 LEDS Flexible Strip LIghts"
  - "1x RFP30N06LE 30A 60V N-channel Mosfet TO-220"
  - "1x Arduino Nano R3"
  - "1x Soldering iron (generic)"
  - "1x Generic Reed Switch"
  - "1x 10k Ohms Potentiometer"
  - "2x Resistor 1k ohm"
  - "1x Hot glue gun (generic)"
  - "1x 10k Ohms Potentiometer"
tools: []
apps:
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