[Joseph] wrote in to tell us about his Ikea Dioder hack. The Dioder is a lighting system with a silly name from Ikea. It is basically 4 RGB LED bars that are connected to a controller that will cycle their colors in different manners. They aren’t individually addressable, and at $50 aren’t really that great of a deal for people who could build their own. [Joseph] thought that maybe, if the features could be extended, it could be a decent lighting system. He bought it and began searching.Â*DisappointedÂ*by the lack of hacks available, he cracked it open and began brainstorming. Ultimately, heÂ*decidedÂ*to interface it with his computer. He can now control it with software, so making an ambilight clone shouldn’t be too difficult.
He does mention that he thought of making 4 independent drivers so that each light bar could be a different color. We agree that this would be the next logical step, possibly even rewiring for individual access to each LED.
