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There are a lot of hacks out there for Ikea's Dioder LED light set. [Lambertus] wanted to create an easy and affordable ambilight while keeping the hardware modifications to a minimum. He also wanted anyone to be able to easily duplicate his work. He recently wrote in to share his successful solution. The customizations boil down to three main steps: solder the ICSP connector wires to the test … [Read more...]
The Ikea Dioder is an LED light sold at the big blue and yellow building that lets you mix your own colors using a simple button and wheel controller. [Marco Di Feo] looked at all of the other projects out there that alter the controller and figured out that the IC can be directly replaced with an ATtiny44 microcontroller. With that chip soldered onto the board he added IR control so that he can … [Read more...]
[Alex] sent in a neat Ikea DIODER build that controls strings of RGB LEDs with HTTP requests. We've seen Ikea DIODERs controlled wirelessly and over USB, but using the Internet with a DIODER is new to us. For his build, [Alex] used a Nanode, a small Arduino-like board that has built-in web connectivity. The hardware portion of the build is very simple. A MOSFET controls each LED strip on the … [Read more...]
Hackaday reader [chrysn] picked up a 3-button RGB model DIODER light from IKEA and thought he might as well take it apart to see what he could do with it. Having seen several DIODER hacks featured here, he knew it was easily hackable, but he didn’t want to simply rehash what other had already done. All of the DIODER hacks we have come across thus far incorporate some sort of AVR chip or … [Read more...]
[SeBsZ] does a lot of work in home automation, using Xbee modules, LEDs, and other home lighting systems. Naturally, people look to him for help with different electronics projects, but one thing he has been asked time and time again is if he can make a simple mood lighting solution that can be easily installed. He has always been interested in playing around with RGB LEDs, but he wasn’t … [Read more...]
Here's an altered PCB that gives USB control to an Ikea Dioder. This is a $50 product that comes with four strips each containing nine RGB LEDs. The stock controller has a color selection wheel and a couple of buttons. [Rikard Lindström] wanted to use it to match ambient light to the colors of his computer monitor -- yes, it's another ambilight clone. Since he already had a bunch of AT90USB162 … [Read more...]
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