Tag Archives: Samtid

IKEA Samtid mood-light BT firmware — simple_serial

Posted on July 9, 2015 by robert

This firmware for the ISML + HC-05 Bluetooth module currently implements the same simple interface as the current WiFi-code named ‘browser_control’.

Pairing the ‘HC-05’on linux using the command line (openSUSE 13.2): When first powered on, the HC-05 module will … Continue reading →

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Small project #12 ⅔ — IKEA Samtid mood-light BT firmware

Posted on April 28, 2015 by robert

A user of the “new” version of the lamp has undertaken the heroic task of writing the Bluetooth code for controlling it! Here’s a sneak-peak:

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Small project #12 ½ — IKEA Samtid mood-light-upgrade upgrade

Posted on April 16, 2015 by robert

Someone, I won’t mention any names here, practically coerced me into upgrading this little project a bit. Now there’s the option to add a bluetooth module (HC-05, JY-MCU “ZS-040”), which supports remote code upload, or a WiFi module (ESP8266-1) using … Continue reading →

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Small project #12 — IKEA Samtid mood-light upgrade

Posted on August 16, 2014 by robert

This upgrade is based on the loved-by-everybody WS2812B intelligent RGB LED and works just fine with Adafruit’s NeoPixel library. The concept is – once again – rather simple. Whack a lot of WS2812B RGB LEDs onto a small board, add … Continue reading →

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Small project #10 — IKEA Samtid reading-light upgrade

Posted on June 22, 2014 by robert

Yet another reincarnation of a PT4115 based LED lamp. This time I chose to add a micro-controller to the mix. No, not an ATtiny13 but an ATtiny45, as it contains a much desired feature for this job: high frequency PWM … Continue reading →

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IKEA SAMTID modification — part 2

Posted on August 19, 2009 by robert

Not having the right tools is such a pain. The modification I’m planning to do requires cutting 72 round 35mm holes into the white plastic foil that forms the Ikea SAMTID’s “head”. I tried to do that with a scalpel, … Continue reading →

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IKEA SAMTID modification — part 1

Posted on July 8, 2009 by robert

I have 3 Ikea Samtid lamps. They’re affordable, useful and the design is timeless. One is in my living room and started to bore me. That has to change. As the lamp can be dismantled very easily it’s begging for … Continue reading →

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