Bright USB Powered LED Light

This Instructable will show how to build a very bright usb powered led light. This can come in very handy while working on your computer or lighting up your keyboard in the dark. Another possibility of this light could even be for a mood light, because it can be placed behind a monitor and shine onto the wall or ceiling. This is my first Instructable so I hope you enjoy!

step 1Materials

The first thing you have to do is gather your materials. ALL of the electrical parts I used to build this project were scrapped off old electronics I had laying around, and…

step 2Getting Started

After gathering all of the materials you can now begin the modification of the box. First thing you need to do is to mark a spot where you want to put the usb cable. Now u…

step 3The beginning of a brighter future

You now have a hole in your box and you are sitting there wondering what to do next. Well...now you need to get a usb cable. The usb cable doesn't have to be anything spec…

step 4What would we do without one of these?

Switches are a part of everyday life, and with the use of a switch it is now possible to control when it's on or off...instead of constantly plugging and unplugging your us…

step 5Connection to the switch

I know that you've just cut that nice new hole and now your switch is in place, so what you need to do next is to connect your usb cable to the switch. Out of the 2 wires …

step 6LED time!

Actually we're close...but it's not quite LED time. It is however time to mark your holes '''on the lid of the box''' for where you want your LEDs. In my design below I h…

step 7Now it's actually LED time!

Now it's time to wire the LEDs, which is quite a long process since I didn't have any sort of circuit board to work with. In case I didn't mention it before...the LED setu…

step 8You're almost there!

The LEDs are wire to the lid, and the switch is wired to the base, what next? you attach them! All that's left of this project is completing the circuit by connecting the a…

step 9Let there be light!

All that's left of this is putting the two halves back together for the final time, and putting a small amount of glue around the edges to make the box stay together. An…

step 10Finished

This project was actually my first project that had to do with LEDs in a circuit, and was a learning experience for me (not that it was very hard at all) and now I have a g…