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Geeks love Colored Lights - Hacking IKEA RGB Led Strip
It's official: Geeks love LED Strips. Sometimes it seems like LED Strips have been invented for Geeks.
- akaclaudio 14y agoGreat!
- Ricapar 14y agoLet's skip the blogspam: http://wiki.openpicus.com/index.php?title=IKEA_RGB_Led_Strip_Hack http://wiki.openpicus.com/index.php?title=IKEA_RGB_Led_Strip...
- andyjohnson0 14y agoLots more Ikea hacking at: http://www.ikeahackers.net/ http://www.ikeahackers.net/
- jgrahamc 14y agoSome 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-christmas.html 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-train.html http://blog.jgc.org/2010/01/more-fun-with-toys-ikea-lillabo-...
- dade_ 14y agoThe 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 14y agoIf interested in building this, you might consider this option: http://www.amazon.com/Ledwholesalers-Changing-Flexible-Yourself-Controller/dp/B0040FJ27S/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1347284615&sr=8-1&keywords=led+strip http://www.amazon.com/Ledwholesalers-Changing-Flexible-Yours...
- tobias3 14y agoI bought this one and it is pretty cool: http://adafruit.com/products/306 http://adafruit.com/products/306 A little bit more expensive though, because it has a microcontroller every 6cm.
- Scene_Cast2 14y agoI 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 14y agoFor 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=904006 http://www.delcomproducts.com/productdetails.asp?productnum=...