I'm brand new to Arduino and am looking for guidance on my first build. I'd like to create a lamp that changes throughout the day depending on how much daylight the photo sensor receives. During the day I want the LED colors to change to a "daytime color scheme" and at night I want the colors to change to a "nighttime color scheme". Additionally, and if possible, I'd like to have the lamp have a little speaker that plays sounds related to the time of day it is (e.g. crickets chirping during nighttime). I have done several searches for projects here and haven't found anything that really is what I'm looking for. Can anyone give me guidance on how to set this up?
Break your project down into sections and make sure they each work first. I would start with making sure you can control your LEDs how you want.
Then add the photo sensor and look at it's values for the amount of light it receives. Determine your ranges and make if statements or cases for the ranges to determine what LEDs colors to use.
For the audio part you are going to need to learn to use SD cards to store and play audio files.
Your not likely going to find exactly what you want online for your full project, but you can break it down into it components and search for that. Once you get a grasp on each component of the project, then work on combining them.