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Beautiful design LED hummingbird (DIY) with Home Assistant integration

Written by Bastian Raschke.
Published 2019-06-22 in the category Smart Home.

This is just a small project presentation I recently made. Inspired from Damian Riggert, a creative guy from the Maker Faire Hannover 2018 which shared his concept and (luckily) the 3D model with me: a multi-color back-lighted 3D printed hummingbird model placed and decorated in a small Ikea “RIBBA” picture frame.

This is my personal creation and the final result:

The final design LED hummingbird creation running a rainbow animation

Inspiration

This is the version I got inspired from on the Maker Faire Hannover 2018:

The initial idea of the hummingbird from the Maker Faire Hannover 2018

The build

The hummingbird model is hold in the picture frame with screws, the 16 WS2812B from a LED strip are wired together and fixed with some transparent tape. The wiring mess is hidden with some cardboard. And the electronics are placed in a white box from a cheap LED strip controller.

The back light is realised with 16 WS2812B LEDs from a LED strip, a cardboard hides the wiring mess

The decorative nest is build of some materials from a tinker shop and looks beautiful even without LED lighting:

The decoration consists of plant root, silver wire and jewelry

Home Assistant integration

The LED hummingbird is integratable in Home Assistant: Is uses a Wemos D1 mini to control the LEDs. The firmware is an experimental version (not yet released) of VibeLight 5 which is used by all of my LED lights in my apartment.