Beginner: Mood light + SAD light + separate accelerometer

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Hi all,

I'm about to start prototyping my university project and would love some guidance on which components and any helpful tutorials you could recommend.

The main prototype consists off:

  • mood light - changes colour and dims throughout the day (http://www.instructables.com/id/Mood-Lamp-with-Arduino/) <- this seems to do the job
  • SAD light - probably just an array of LEDs but they need to give out 10,000 lux
  • A speaker for an alarm
  • An LCD clock
  • A wireless charger
  • Pressure sensor that causes all lights to go off if a phone is on the wireless charger
    Other than a separate button for the SAD light I'd like to control the rest with an app (i'm guessing that just means I need a bluetooth module)

Separate to the main prototype there is a small accelerometer for measuring sleep movement that feeds back to the app (guessing bluetooth again). Possibly this (LightBlue® Bean | Punch Through)

I've done a bit of coding and electronics before so I'm not a complete beginner but I'm currently not sure if any of this is even possible using an arduino board.

Cheers

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I'm currently not sure if any of this is even possible using an arduino board.

The mood light part certainly is.

I don't see any use for a microcontroller in the SAD light.

The Arduino doesn't know what time it is, so making a clock out of it will not be terribly useful. Adding an RTC would enable that part of the project.

Why do you need a pressure sensor to determine if the phone is on the charger? A limit switch seems more useful. Or, is the wireless charger not to charge the phone? Where is the power to come from?