![]() This is definitely a project to keep a close eye on if you’ve got the urge to add a little color to your world. We’ve seen similar setups used to light storage bins in the past, but nothing that can even come close to the documentation and customization possibilities offered by Hyelicht. The 5×5 Kallax shelf is the project’s official reference hardware, but of course it will work with anything else you might wish to cover with controllable LEDs. The system can even integrate with the Philips Hue ecosystem, if you prefer going that route. You can also skip the GUI entirely and control the LEDs with a command line interface, or maybe poke Hyelicht’s HTTP REST interface instead. But the same interface can also be remotely accessed by your smartphone or desktop. That’s the most direct way of controlling the LEDs, as the touch screen is plugged into the Raspberry Pi 4B that’s actually running the software. In the boilerplate configuration, shows off controlling the LEDs using a graphical user interface running on a Waveshare 7″ touch screen mounted to the side of the shelf. We’d say it was overkill, but truth be told, we dream of a world where everyone takes their personal projects to this level. ![]() There’s something about the regimented square shapes of the IKEA Kallax shelf that convinced it could benefit from some RGB LED lighting, and while he could have simply used a commercial solution, he decided instead to develop Hyelicht: an incredibly well documented open source lighting system featuring multiple control interfaces and APIs. Posted in home hacks, Teardown Tagged air quality sensor, ikea, particle sensor, VINDSTYRKA, zigbee Which is more than what could be said for some of the cheapo environmental sensors flooding the market. This is how the first hacks on the older VINDRIKTNING were pulled off, so sounds like a promising start.īut even if you aren’t looking to modify the device from its original configuration (how did you find this website?), it seems pretty clear the VINDSTYRKA is a well-built piece of kit that will serve you and your family well. Speaking of those hacks, a GitHub user by the name of chimes in to say they’ve managed to hook an ESP32 up to test pads on the VINDSTYRKA motherboard, allowing the parasitic microcontroller to read the device’s sensors and report their data on the network over a service like MQTT, without impacting the sensor’s normal operations. The other big change is the addition of wireless, though unlike the WiFi hacks we saw for the VINDRIKTNING, this built-in capability uses Zigbee and is designed to plug into IKEA’s own home automation ecosystem. There’s even a “traffic light” colored indicator to show at a glance how bad your air supply is. ![]() Now thanks to the efforts of we’ve got a fantastic teardown of the new gadget, and some more information on the improvements IKEA made over its predecessor.Ĭertainly the most obvious upgrade is the addition of an LCD readout that displays temperature, humidity, and how many particulates the device detected in the air. ![]() The device must have sold pretty well, because last month the Swedish flat-packer unveiled the considerably more capable (and more expensive) VINDSTYRKA. IKEA noted this trend awhile back, and released the VINDRIKTNING sensor to capitalize on the trend. Whether it’s because they’re concerned about worsening pollution or the now endemic variants of COVID-19, a whole lot of people have found themselves in the market for a home air quality monitor thee last couple of years.
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