Simplify your morning routine with home automation

Let's face it: mornings can be tough. Even the most enthusiastic early risers and morning larks sometimes have a hard time dragging themselves out of bed and attacking the day. The good news is that automation can always save things.

By using home automation wisely, you can save time in the morning, reduce tedious tasks and start the day off right. In this article, we'll see why automation works so well in the morning and share some morning projects from the Arduino community.

Morning is the best time for automation

Home automation has many advantages at any time of the day, but it is particularly useful in the morning. Indeed, the first minutes and hours of the day are usually the ones where we most need to save time.

Automation helps you shave precious seconds off your morning routine by helping you get up earlier, save time on important morning tasks, and manage your time better. As a result, you get less stress and more time to focus on getting the day started.

Now, let's take a look at some Arduino community projects that members have built to improve their own mornings.

Morning automation examples from the Arduino community Awakening

Arduino member Galoebn was tired of struggling with slow and rough mornings. To solve the problem, they made an alarm clock that really worked.

The clock uses a motion sensor, so it detects if you go back to sleep after pressing the snooze button. If so, the alarm will sound again, but if you stay out of bed for a while, the alarm will stop sounding.

Best of all, this project is pretty easy to build at home with just a few components, including a clock module, motion sensor, buzzer, small button, and an Arduino.

Coffee maker

In the morning, there's nothing better than a steaming cup of coffee to start the day. However, coffee takes time to brew, and there's nothing more frustrating than realizing you don't have enough time to brew your morning cup of joe.

Arduino member Thomas sxt was so tired of this feeling that he decided to build his own automatic coffee machine to take care of this part of the morning routine, ensuring that a cup of hot coffee was waiting for him every morning.

The machine works via an app, allowing you to choose the size of your coffee, and can even be controlled by voice.

Curtain control

Opening your curtains wide is a great way to start the day. Our bodies are programmed to respond to natural light in the morning, and it helps us wake up naturally and energize us for the day ahead. Of course, getting out of bed to open the curtains is less fun.

Arduino member JayV decided to solve the problem by designing curtains that automatically open in the morning and close in the evening according to your preset instructions. The project also comes with a manual override, just in case you want to take a nap in the middle of the day.

Your curtains need to be the right design to work (old JayV curtains had a simple looped cord), but this should work with most designs.

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