Arduino Powered Super Lamp

Projects General Guidance
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Hi guys,

I am currently designing a new lamp and would like to integrate it with a number of cool features which I thought I might be able to work through arduino. Im looking for it to have a few distinct features:

  • It should be a ble to rotate on it's base (probably use a small servo motor for this)
  • It should be able to "understand" when a movie is being played and be able to go into a "movie mode" which would change the settings of the lamp to a more ambient lighting mode
  • It will have three light settings (i.e. mood lighting, dimmed and bright)

Are some or all of these features possible through Arduino? I am a self-confessed newbie to this but I see a lot of potential in it.

Thanks for any help.

Glyn

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The difficult part is the "movie mode" sensing. My thought is to put an IR detector near the DVD player and decode "DVD play" to dim the light and "DVD stop" to brighten the light. You can also use the remote for other lighting functions.