Lab Bench Lights

I've been happily using this setup for about a year and a half now and I've decided it's about time I put a proper toggle switch on this project. I cut the power cord to the lights' power supply and added a switch. After drilling a hole in one of my shelves' bracing panels I've got a nice switch!

First I cut strips of LEDs to length, then used the included adhesive to attach them to the shelves. I put two strips on each shelf to get brighter and more even lighting. I soldered the strips together and added a power cable.

The last thing to do was make a long cable with a whole mess of connectors so I could chain all the shelf sections together. 

I prototyped the controller on a breadboard. All went well so I threw my prototype onto a piece of stripboard. A few hours later (and a fair share of debugging later) I had my working controller board. Here's the controller on a breadboard.