Geeks love Colored Lights - Hacking IKEA RGB Led Strip

http://openpicus.blogspot.it/2012/09/geeks-love-colored-lights-ikea-dioder.html

by meedabyte • 14 years ago

28 9 14 years ago

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It's official: Geeks love LED Strips. Sometimes it seems like LED Strips have been invented for Geeks.

akaclaudio• 14 years ago

Great!

Ricapar• 14 years ago

Let's skip the blogspam: http://wiki.openpicus.com/index.php?title=IKEA_RGB_Led_Strip...

andyjohnson0• 14 years ago

Lots more Ikea hacking at: http://www.ikeahackers.net/

jgrahamc• 14 years ago

Some time ago I hacked a set of GE Color Effects Christmas lights to make a 7x7 display: http://blog.jgc.org/2011/11/turning-ge-color-effects-g-35-ch... Since the LEDs in the GE set are addressable the display can be programmed.

Also, if you're into Ikea 'hacking' then here's some fun with the Ikea LILLABO train set: http://blog.jgc.org/2010/01/more-fun-with-toys-ikea-lillabo-...

dade_• 14 years ago

The 12VDC power supply is sufficient to power both the lights and a Netduino or Arduino. Just desolder the little controller it comes with. There are 5 wires, but the colours are not intuitive. For example, the black wire is +12VDC and blue is ground. With a few transistors and resistors, they are really easy to work with.

evlapix• 14 years ago

If interested in building this, you might consider this option:

http://www.amazon.com/Ledwholesalers-Changing-Flexible-Yours...

tobias3• 14 years ago

I bought this one and it is pretty cool: http://adafruit.com/products/306

A little bit more expensive though, because it has a microcontroller every 6cm.

Scene_Cast2• 14 years ago

I wonder if one can make a DIY "ambilight" with this? (Ambilight is when a TV lights up the wall behind it with the colors from the screen)

veyron• 14 years ago

For those too lazy to build your own, Delcom has some really cool USB programmable lights. I use this for alerts and as a killswitch: http://www.delcomproducts.com/productdetails.asp?productnum=...

Geeks love Colored Lights - Hacking IKEA RGB Led Strip

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