Expanding Death Star lamp with MKR1000
— April 27th, 2018
What could be better than a lamp that expands with the pull of a control cord? How about one that looks like the Death Star and is controlled with your voice?
That’s exactly what maker Adi Singh created using a popular IKEA lamp and embedding it with an Arduino MKR1000 to take voice commands via Alexa. A stepper motor is tasked with opening and closing the exterior segments, and a solid-state relay turns the light on and off. It also features a spectacular custom paint job, making this lamp/superweapon stand out even more.
You can see the results in the video below as it changes shape and blinks to the soothing sounds of the Imperial March!
April 29th, 2018 at 05:05:46
Excelente trabajo!!! me encanto!!! 🙂
April 30th, 2018 at 06:45:52
How are each of the panels articulated to presumably one armature or wheel driven by stepper motor? It seems more of a major M.E. project! Not that’s a complaint, just something more putting it out of my league.
April 30th, 2018 at 21:35:59
Its a cool project… Not to be a negative nancy, but… WTF does this thing have to do with the Death Star? It doesnt look like the Death Star. Its just a grey sphere cut into patterns. It expands for some reason, which the Death Star does not. The lights do not blink with the music either.
May 4th, 2018 at 17:23:47
thanks for your nice post
May 4th, 2018 at 20:04:13
Hello! This is awesome, what will you be doing to celebrate Arduino Day May 12th, 2018?
June 4th, 2018 at 23:38:46
Finally I have justification to buy that cool lamp from Ikea. Awesome project.