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2020-11-25 12:13 pm
I'd like to make some Christmas ornaments for people for this year. As a maker I thought I'd step it up some and put some electronics in the gifts. Is it possible to run an Arduino off the power that comes out of a strand of lights? I'd like to plug my ornaments directly into the light strand. I realize that this power is AC and would need to be converted. Before I started digging into this I thought I would as to see if someone has done it and what parts they used. Thank you and happy holidays!
2020-11-29 1:52 pm
Is it possible to run an Arduino off the power that comes out of a strand of lights?
My guess would be that most strands of lights aren't the same as every other stand
I'd suggest taking a voltage reading off the strand and see what it tells you. After that, a buck-boost converter could probably solve any issues you find
Probably not the best idea, but, that's what I would do (which is how I know it's probably not a great idea)
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2020-11-30 1:30 pm
Thank you very much for the advice! I just thought it would be really cool to make gifts that just plug right into the tree lights and not have to worry about batteries 😉