[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":359},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-43809841":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":6,"line_source":7,"title":8,"url":9,"domain":10,"maker":11,"posted_at":12,"year":13,"points":14,"comments":15,"rank_in_year":16,"shown_in_year":17,"top":18,"tier":19,"category":20,"subcategory":21,"format":20,"keywords":22,"reception":28,"sentiment":29,"stance_mix":30,"scored_comments":34,"aspects":35,"strip":44,"post_text":45,"what":46,"said":77,"maker_in_thread":170,"shape":177,"grid":182,"attempts":323,"same_week":324,"maker_shows":39,"maker_hidden":352,"reader_version":353,"card":354},"43809841","Deathstar Lamp","Remote-Controlled IKEA Deathstar Lamp","title","Show HN: Remote-Controlled IKEA Deathstar Lamp","https:\u002F\u002Fgitlab.com\u002Fsephalon\u002Fdeathstar_lamp","gitlab.com","sephalon",1745735144,2025,291,55,191,3837,5,"legend","hardware","smart home lamp",[23,24,25,26,27],"ikea hack","esphome","home assistant","stepper motor","smart lamp","mixed",-0.16,{"positive":18,"neutral":31,"mixed":32,"critical":33},16,1,12,34,{"performance":36,"design":37,"idea":40,"docs":42},{"positive":32,"critical":32},{"positive":38,"critical":39},3,2,{"positive":41,"critical":41},0,{"positive":41,"critical":43},9,[38,18,32,41,38,32,41,41,41,41,41,41,18,18,38,38,41,18,38,41,32,38,41,18,38,38,32,32,32,32,32,32,38,32,38,41,41,38,41,32],"Repainting the iconic IKEA PS 2014 lamp into the Deathstar from Star Wars has been a popular IKEA hack for quite some time.\n\nThis variant additionally replaces the manual, rope-operated mechanism to open and close the lamp with a remote-controlled motor.\n\nThe firmware is based on ESPHome, and its excellent Home Assistant integration enables one to implement higher-level features, like a \"sundial\" where the aperture of the Deathstar follows the sun elevation throughout the day (see  the timelapse video).\n\nThat said, I will not consider this project as complete until the Imperial March can be pl",{"problem":47,"audience":53,"pricing":53,"motivation":54,"time_to_build":53,"stack":61,"openness":76,"stage":76,"team_size":76},{"value":48,"source":49,"evidence":50},"Replaces the manual rope mechanism of the IKEA PS 2014 lamp with a remote-controlled motor","maker",[51],{"id":52},"post",null,{"value":55,"source":49,"evidence":56},"Automate opening and closing, add a sundial mode and home theater sync, and eventually play the Imperial March",[57,58],{"id":52},{"id":59,"by":11,"text":60},"43813491","Part of the reason for automating it was that I wanted to integrate the lamp into my home theater setup: When the movie starts, the lamp slowly closes and synchronously dims out…",[62,66,70],{"value":63,"source":49,"evidence":64},"ESPHome",[65],{"id":52},{"value":67,"source":49,"evidence":68},"Home Assistant",[69],{"id":52},{"value":71,"source":49,"evidence":72},"A4988 stepper motor driver",[73],{"id":74,"by":11,"text":75},"43831817","Yes, noise is a problem, which unfortunately makes the lamp quite unpopular with my girlfriend ;-) Some is indeed coming from the folding mechanism itself, but the majority of…","unknown",{"praise":78,"objections":94,"requests":136,"questions":144,"alternatives":164},[79],{"value":80,"source":81,"evidence":82},"Fun, clever design and a good-looking lamp","commenter",[83,87,91],{"id":84,"by":85,"text":86},"43810552","jansan","What a gem of a project. I am a huge fan of the PS 2014. To me it is one of the best IKEA products ever, even better than the discontiued Broder shelf system. We bought the large…",{"id":88,"by":89,"text":90},"43810791","progbits","When expanded and illuminated red from within it looks like it's exploding, so you can think of it as xwings retreating to safe distance after successful bombing run :)",{"id":92,"by":85,"text":93},"43812326","Three simple reasons: - It's spherical - The pattern of the tiles slightly resembles the pattern on the death star - When you open it, it looks like it \"explodes\", like every…",[95,99,109],{"value":96,"source":49,"evidence":97},"Motor is noisy",[98],{"id":74,"by":11,"text":75},{"value":100,"source":81,"evidence":101},"Lamp is too dim to serve as a main light source",[102,106],{"id":103,"by":104,"text":105},"43811666","larusso","Maybe the coated ones do work better. For my use the lamp was simply not bright enough.",{"id":107,"by":104,"text":108},"43810455","Cool project indeed. I used to own the first model and thought about how one could motorize the lamp. I used to own the one which didn’t have the reflected coating on the inside…",{"value":110,"source":81,"evidence":111},"Video does not play in many mobile and other browsers",[112,116,120,124,128,132],{"id":113,"by":114,"text":115},"43810252","solosito","Not for me",{"id":117,"by":118,"text":119},"43810289","wbnns","Doesn't seem to work in Brave",{"id":121,"by":122,"text":123},"43810297","thenthenthen","Safari iOS not working here either",{"id":125,"by":126,"text":127},"43810437","DidYaWipe","Doesn't work in desktop Safari either.",{"id":129,"by":130,"text":131},"43810934","kjrrp","Doesn't work in Firefox for Android (\"file is corrupt\").",{"id":133,"by":134,"text":135},"43811157","stuaxo","Android Firefox says it won't play because it's corrupted.",[137],{"value":138,"source":81,"evidence":139},"Add a music-synced open and close mode",[140],{"id":141,"by":142,"text":143},"43813644","badmonster","Can the Deathstar lamp firmware be customized to add new modes, like an automatic opening and closing cycle synced to music or other triggers?",[145,157],{"value":146,"source":81,"evidence":147},"Why the lamp looks like the Death Star",[148,152,153],{"id":149,"by":150,"text":151},"43810766","kqr","Why does this lamp make people think of the death star? Me and my wife bought it ten years ago because of the cool mechanism and immediately started calling it the death star,…",{"id":92,"by":85,"text":93},{"id":154,"by":155,"text":156},"43813513","croes","I think it’s the angular shapes on a globe that triggers that. https:\u002F\u002Fstarcorridors.github.io\u002Fsrc\u002Fimg\u002Fdeath-star.png",{"value":158,"source":81,"evidence":159},"Does it stay fun after the novelty wears off",[160],{"id":161,"by":162,"text":163},"43814522","gitroom","lmao that lamp always made me wanna try something like this but i never had the patience gotta ask though, stuff like this - does it stay fun after the novelty wears off",[165],{"value":166,"source":81,"evidence":167},"Original IKEA PS 2014 lamp",[168,169],{"id":107,"by":104,"text":108},{"id":84,"by":85,"text":86},{"comments":18,"answered":39,"key":171},[172,173,174],{"id":59,"text":60},{"id":74,"text":75},{"id":175,"text":176},"43822129","The firmware is based on ESPHome, which integrates particularly well into Home Assistant, a popular home automation software; therefore I would recommend to implement such…",{"commenters":178,"max_depth":179,"maker_replies":18,"first_comment_mins":180,"lifespan_hours":181},41,6,83,73,[183,185,189,191,195,197,200,201,205,209,212,214,216,219,221,224,227,229,230,234,238,242,243,245,250,252,255,257,260,263,265,267,270,271,272,273,278,281,282,283,287,288,289,290,293,296,299,301,304,307,310,313,316,320,321],[107,41,38,184,104,41],"project\u002Fmixed\u002Fperformance",[186,41,18,187,188,41],"43810669","project\u002Fpositive\u002Fperformance","t0mas88",[103,41,32,190,104,41],"project\u002Fcritical\u002Fperformance",[192,41,38,193,194,41],"43811114","project\u002Fneutral\u002Fdesign","eastbound",[59,41,41,196,11,32],"project\u002Fpositive\u002Fidea",[198,41,38,199,104,41],"43825308","project\u002Fneutral\u002Fperformance",[74,41,41,199,11,32],[202,32,32,203,204,41],"43811759","project\u002Fcritical\u002Fdesign","hnlmorg",[206,32,41,207,208,41],"43811785","commenter\u002Fneutral\u002Fnone","nemetroid",[210,32,41,207,211,41],"43811881","EvanAnderson",[213,32,41,207,208,41],"43812007",[215,32,41,207,204,41],"43812161",[217,32,41,207,218,41],"43812266","linsomniac",[220,32,41,207,204,41],"43812047",[222,32,41,207,223,41],"43814861","rad_gruchalski",[225,32,41,207,226,41],"43814263","Ambroos",[84,39,18,228,85,41],"project\u002Fpositive\u002Fdesign",[88,39,18,228,89,41],[231,38,41,232,233,41],"43814603","other\u002Fneutral\u002Fnone","Create",[235,236,38,193,237,41],"43813170",4,"bitwize",[239,18,38,240,241,41],"43815361","project\u002Fneutral\u002Fidea","m463",[141,179,38,240,142,41],[175,179,41,244,11,32],"maker\u002Fneutral\u002Fidea",[246,247,18,248,249,41],"43811019",7,"maker\u002Fpositive\u002Fnone","keyle",[149,251,38,193,150,41],8,[253,251,41,207,254,41],"43810838","saaaaaam",[256,251,41,207,150,41],"43810879",[258,251,32,203,259,41],"43810983","danielbln",[261,251,38,193,262,41],"43811296","tekla",[264,251,38,193,254,41],"43842149",[266,251,41,207,155,41],"43813521",[268,251,38,193,269,41],"43810939","enlyth",[92,251,18,228,85,41],[154,251,38,193,155,41],[161,43,38,240,162,41],[274,275,32,276,277,41],"43810202",10,"project\u002Fcritical\u002Fdocs","timzaman",[279,275,32,276,280,41],"43810249","mimischi",[113,275,32,276,114,41],[117,275,32,276,118,41],[284,275,38,285,286,41],"43810493","project\u002Fneutral\u002Fdocs","esperent",[121,275,32,276,122,41],[125,275,32,276,126,41],[129,275,32,276,130,41],[291,275,38,285,292,41],"43810271","shrx",[294,275,38,285,295,41],"43810273","stavros",[297,275,32,276,298,41],"43810317","razemio",[300,275,38,285,126,41],"43810443",[302,275,41,207,303,41],"43810277","elkos",[305,275,41,207,306,41],"43810278","ramon156",[308,275,41,232,309,41],"43810562","nicce",[311,275,41,312,11,32],"43810333","maker\u002Fneutral\u002Fdocs",[314,275,38,312,315,41],"43810450","rcarmo",[317,275,41,318,319,41],"43810736","commenter\u002Fneutral\u002Fdocs","watermelon0",[133,275,32,276,134,41],[322,275,41,312,11,32],"43811181",[],[325,329,334,339,344,348],{"id":326,"name":327,"points":328,"category":20},"43820228","PyXL",983,{"id":330,"name":331,"points":332,"category":333},"43803148","RetrOS-32",575,"infrastructure",{"id":335,"name":336,"points":337,"category":338},"43816419","screenrecorder.me",462,"dev_tools",{"id":340,"name":341,"points":342,"category":343},"43835584","Beatsync",439,"creative",{"id":345,"name":346,"points":347,"category":333},"43778081","TacOS",320,{"id":349,"name":350,"points":351,"category":343},"43791992","Clever Coloring Book",316,false,"v2",{"id":355,"name":5,"line":6,"ai":352,"cat":20,"year":13,"points":14,"comments":15,"rec":28,"s":29,"top":18,"kw":356,"maker":11,"domain":10,"tier":19,"attempts":41,"strip":357,"url":9,"mix":358,"praise":80,"objection":96,"sub":21},43809841,[23,24,25,26,27],"3510310000005533053013053311111131300301",[18,31,32,33],1793991118630]