Lighthouse Nightlight

Description

Slightly naff video here:

https://youtu.be/hRQ2DvOCF6s


WAFFLE:

I designed this as a nightlight for my grandson. It's based around a tiny little microcontroller kit I found online - more on that later. But it can be easily modified to take a flashing LED or even just used as an unlit ornament.

Mine runs off an old 12v “wall wart” I had lying around (I never throw them away as they've come in handy for so many of my projects over the years).

The tower dimensions were loosely based on a ceramic tea-light holder I've had for about 30 years. It looked nothing like the real thing, but it was around the size I wanted, and gave me a good starting point.

I soon had the basics of the tower designed, and began searching for ways to create a rotating beacon. I quickly stumbled across this handy little LED kit from a UK seller:

https://www.electronicskitshop.com/product-page/50p-size-12-led-ufo-mega-mini-chaser-ring-lights-electronic-kit

At 28mm diameter, it