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How I created my own USB powered LED nightlight

If you wish to avoid tripping in a very dark room while not affecting sleep quality, then you can use a nightlight to succinctly lit up a portion of your room.

While there are many nightlight variations out there, it can be a meaningful exercise to try to create your own out of items that you already own or have in the house.

For example, instead of throwing away the Carrot Carotene Calming Water Pad container after the water pads ran out, I used it to create my nightlight.

Since it is translucent, this container can help dim the lights coming from the naked 5V Warm white LED light strip.

Given that, let us take a look at how I made use of the items that I already have to create a USB powered LED nightlight.

With some level of variations, you should be able to make your own USB powered LED nightlight too.

How to make your own USB powered LED lights

Since upstream USB connectors can supply 5V of DC power to downstream devices, we can use USB connectors to power LED lights.

While there are many USB powered lighting options available in the market, making your own gives you more flexibility in the form factor.

With this in mind, let’s look at how we can make our own USB powered LED lights.