A 1min video of it in action:
So I liked the aqara cube for controlling your smart home, and i liked a cube i found on 3d print sites where you can put a LED in. So I thought…Why not combine the two?
So I created a much bigger version of the aqara cube with a build-in aqara vibration sensor and zigbee led controller+led strip.
It should be noted though that the aqara vibration sensor takes around 2-3 seconds to activate when it’s turned to a specific side, where as the aqara cube product is like 0.5 seconds. But still quite do-able and very fun to play with! In the above video, i demonstrate a “Do not disturb” mode being activated on the side 6, that turns my lights off and does not allow them to go on anymore. Turning the cube to it’s top, side 1, where the charger port can be seen, disables the mode and the lights turn on again.
How to create this yourself?
I made a post on thingiverse with instructions and the 3d designs.
This topic can serve as a place to ask questions and how to improve the model.
As i note in the thingiverse page, there is room for improvement. the light is on my cube not evenly scattered across the sides of the cube. this could be improved with a better inside-cube model that has places where you can easily “lock/guide” the led strip through, perhaps also through the sides so the outside cube is better lid up.
In the current model, the vibration sensor needs to be glued in, make sure you put the pair button on top and the battery side towards the inside so you can open it and replace the battery(or buy a 3v step down board and solder it to the sensor so it doesn’t need a seperate battery).
Thanks for reading, hope you like it! 