Published May 20, 2019 © GPL3+

DIY Heng Balance Lamp

A unique type of lamp that uses two magnets as switch to turn it on.

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Things used in this project

Hardware components

Arduino UNO Wifi Rev.2

SparkFun RGB LED Breakout - WS2812B

Jumper wires (generic)

magnet (generic)

Phone Charger (generic)

Switch Button

Electrical Cables

Scotch Tape

Software apps and online services

Arduino IDE

Hand tools and fabrication machines

3D Printer (generic)

Soldering iron (generic)

Hot glue gun (generic)

Story

The structure

To design the structure of the lamp it was usedSolidwork, a 3D designing software and then the projects were built using a 3Dprinter. To hold the pieces together it was used screws and glue or just by wedging them in.

The wiring

To power the lamp it was used a simple cell phonecharger.

The power supply was attached to theleds and to Arduino using Arduino’s cables and some electrical wires.

In the image above it was used a button to reproduce the switch.

The code

The code that controls the lamp allows the leds to light on one by one every 150 milliseconds. The light produced is orange but you can change thecolour just by writing in the code the level of red, green and blue. If you wantyou can even regulate the brightness of the leds.

The first four lines defines what library is being used, how many ledsand strips are being used and what pin are they attached to.

In the fifth line is where you define the level of brightness of the leds.

In the last Loop section there is the part of the code that tells whatto do to the leds: the strip of leds start lighting on from the bottom to thetop one led at the time with a colouring setted with RGB (Red, Green, Blue)code.

lampada.ino

#include <bitswap.h>
#include <chipsets.h>
#include <color.h>
#include <colorpalettes.h>
#include <colorutils.h>
#include <controller.h>
#include <cpp_compat.h>
#include <dmx.h>
#include <FastLED.h>


# define  NUM_LEDS  46
# define  NUM_STRIPS  1
# define DATA_PIN 6

CRGB leds[NUM_LEDS];
//CLEDController *Controllers [1];
int  gBrightness = 128 ;
//int Switch = 0 ;

int i;
void  setup () {
  // controllers [ 0 ] = & FastLED. addLeds <NeoPixel, 10 > (LED, 2);
  FastLED. addLeds <WS2812, DATA_PIN > (leds, NUM_LEDS);
  //pinMode(6, INPUT);

}

void  loop () {

  for (i = 0; i < NUM_LEDS; i++)
  {
    leds[i].r = 255;//green
    leds[i].g = 255; //red
    leds[i].b = 0;//blue
    delay(150);
    FastLED.show();
  }
}

Credits

PaoloColonna

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DIY Heng Balance Lamp

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Software apps and online services

Hand tools and fabrication machines

Story

The structure

The wiring

The code

Code

lampada.ino

Credits

PaoloColonna

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DIY Heng Balance Lamp

DIY Heng Balance Lamp

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Software apps and online services

Hand tools and fabrication machines

Story

The structure

The wiring

The code

Code

lampada.ino

Credits

PaoloColonna

Comments

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