The Hexa Lamp
The Hexa Lamp
Published 2017-05-02T15:56:54+00:00
Makit presents… the Hexa Lamp! an introduction to electronics for everyone…
I wanted to design something that used electronics and was easy to assemble for everyone. I thought that a lamp is always welcomed on our desk. So, I put myself to work and designed this one. In addition to using it as a lamp, it has interchangeable discs so it can be used as a bat signal to project some symbols, letters or logos on the wall or roof.
With this desk lamp, anyone can buy some electronics and put them together, no especial skills are required and no soldering is needed!!
It works with any standard USB port and can be placed in vertical or horizontal position to project on the wall or roof.
Initially there are a couple of different disks, but let me know if you have some ideas for a new one and I’ll see what I can do!!
If you print it, please upload some pictures, it’s awesome to see how they turned out!!
Note about printing settings:
Body wall is very thin (0.8mm) because I wanted to let led light out as much as possible. I printed this part with 0.4mm nozzle (so it prints 2 shells) and 0% infill. The body has some built-in supports that need to be removed before inserting the disk.
Visit makitpro.com for detailed list of materials and instructions.
List of materials:
- 4x M3x8mm screws: http://bit.ly/2quoGTU
- 2x small self tapping screws. I used the ones that come with microservos: http://bit.ly/2pBMpBn
- 1x Led module http://bit.ly/2lmbLTX
- 1x Potentiometer/rotary angle sensor http://bit.ly/2ksvvFY
- 2x Male to male 10 or 20cm dupont cables
- 6x Male to female 10 or 20cm dupont cables
- 1x Mini breadboard: http://bit.ly/2qA6EP9
- 1x 2.1mm jack connector (aka barrel plug or power plug) http://bit.ly/2lTMVYj
- 1x USB to 2.1mm barrel plug cable http://bit.ly/2lRxSzb
- OPTIONAL: Power bank http://bit.ly/2oTNOWJ
Thanks to banggood for sponsoring the design!
Date published | 02/05/2017 |
Tecnología | FDM |
Sin apoyo | YES |
Awesome as design. Works great. Had a couple of issues printing the main part and kept cracking after cold but managed to plastic weld back together. Cheers. Thanks for the upload :)