Solar light for terrarium
Light up your terrarium with the actual lighting conditions depending on the geographic origin of your reptile.
Recently I was offered a snake and a terrarium. The only way to light the whole thing was to use a lamp or LEDs that you connect to a timer.
Well the principle is functional and energy efficient in case of LEDs but it did not reproduce completely the real conditions of illumination.
So I had the idea of developing a board that could control the lighting of my terrarium in several ways:
- Lighting control according to a "classic" mode, based on time slots.
- Lighting control according to the real curve of the sun based on geographic coordonates.
As I was developping this project I realized that this board could also be used for other applications.
For example we hear a lot about circadian light cycles nowadays, I think this board could be a good start for this kind of use.
The other use case that I have personally studied is controlling horticultural LEDs (simply changing the led board).
Well the principle is functional and energy efficient in case of LEDs but it did not reproduce completely the real conditions of illumination.
So I had the idea of developing a board that could control the lighting of my terrarium in several ways:
- Lighting control according to a "classic" mode, based on time slots.
- Lighting control according to the real curve of the sun based on geographic coordonates.
As I was developping this project I realized that this board could also be used for other applications.
For example we hear a lot about circadian light cycles nowadays, I think this board could be a good start for this kind of use.
The other use case that I have personally studied is controlling horticultural LEDs (simply changing the led board).
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