A few months ago, we bought a TEMU-quality night light for our baby. It’s extremely cute!
The light is wonderful. We turn it on using the button on the base, then tap to cycle through colors, then tap again to get it to stay at a particular color. Our baby falls asleep to its dim, colorful glow rather quickly, and about after an hour the light turns off.
But a few things were bothering us:
- Batteries. At the end of the month, when the batteries want to be changed, the circuit shuts off much faster — sometimes within five minutes of turning it on. The light is much dimmer as well. And it’s a pain to have to change batteries, even if they’re rechargeable.
- We have no control over the intensity of the light, and rather coarse control over the color.
- We’d like the light to go out when we want it to go out, rather than using the timer predefined by the manufacturer. Ideally, the light goes out 5 minutes after there is no activity in the baby bedroom.
Turns out, we can do all of this!
Follow the project and build one yourself here: