This is, I hope, the last entry in the cabinet light saga. While it was fun to tinker with the programming of the first one, a number of issues arose that were annoying to deal with. With the learnings from the first "prototype", I created a second version that was easier to build & should be MUCH safer.

Which one looks safer to you?

So what happened with the prototype?

It's time to start installing all of the electronics! I'm using the Arduino Metro here.

I need to put the power supply, control circuit, and wires somewhere! To have enough room, I decided to route out a little box at one end of the light, and then two wire channels down the length of the light.

Recognize this thing? It measures your power usage and is somehow always more expensive than you expect. I definitely blew a fuse or something in mine drawing a lot of power - time to fix it!

I learn after the fact that this is only designed to handle 15 amps, which at 120 volts is 1800 watts! That's a lot of watts.