Build a Touch-Dimmable Bedside Lamp with Sunrise Alarm – Arduino Nano Kit

Every part needed, pre-tested for compatibility, with an AI build companion trained on this exact project. Shipped from Bengaluru in 3-5 days.

Imagine a bedside lamp that responds to the lightest touch—cycling through five brightness levels—and every morning, it wakes you not with a beeping alarm but with a gentle glow that mimics the rising sun. This kit puts that smart home experience right on your nightstand, using an Arduino Nano as the brain, a touch sensor for intuitive control, and a real-time clock for scheduled automation. It’s the perfect blend of comfort and engineering, designed for beginners who want to build something genuinely useful.

What You'll Build

You’ll assemble and program a fully functional smart lamp on a breadboard. Five warm-white LEDs respond to a TTP223 touch sensor: each tap advances the brightness through off, low, medium, high, and full. The DS3231 RTC triggers a sunrise mode at your chosen alarm time, gradually brightening the LEDs over several minutes to ease you awake. The entire circuit is modular, so you can later rehouse it in a custom wooden or 3D-printed enclosure to match your room decor.

What You'll Learn

• How capacitive touch sensors work and how to debounce their input
• Using PWM outputs on Arduino Nano to control LED brightness seamlessly
• Interfacing with a DS3231 real-time clock to read and set time, and to trigger scheduled events
• Structuring Arduino code with functions for brightness states, alarm logic, and non-blocking delays

Kit Contents

Why Buy This Kit Instead of Sourcing Parts Separately

Who This Kit Is For

This kit is ideal for CBSE Class 11–12 physics students exploring sensor-based circuits, B.Tech ECE first-years tackling early hardware projects, and participants in ATL Tinkering Labs across India. It’s also a great fit for any young maker at home, guided by a parent, who wants their first Arduino project to result in something they’ll actually use every night.

Built and Backed by Compoden

Every Compoden kit ships with an AI build companion trained on this exact project — accessible via a QR code on the box, with WhatsApp and email backup. We've spent 10 years building projects for makers, schools, and institutions across India. If a part fails because of a manufacturing defect, replace it free within 7 days.