Dodecahedron Lamp V2

Here is my remix of briliant lamp by Jal Shah

I made some ajdustments, some parts are assembled so there is less pieces to print in total. Also, is the added “shade” or pattern on the diffuser, that is to be glued on the inside of diffusers, and they make some interesting shadows. In original desing there are some aligning pieces, but I found them to be no perfect fit in my case (probably due to different printing materials) and a small offset makes the pieces not aling perfectly. Instead, a hand approach, with a gel super glue (I highly recomend gel, not liquid) is done, and once the edges are aligned, keep them fixed for about 30 seconds until the glue sets in. I will probably make a small part that will act as an alignment tool for putting the patterns together, still have to perfect it.

The diffusers are printer in white PLA, 2 layers high, 1 layer was not diffusing the light enough.

The diffuser on the bottom should have a cutout i the center hole for the wiring, all other are to be printed as a whole, I suggest to use a scalpel to cut the bottom diffuser once glue into place.

For the light part I used 1 meter of addresable led strip WS2812b, cut into 5 pieces of 20 cm each, they are stuck onto the led holder, and soldered. For the control of leds, a wled compatible esp32 is used, and a power is then applied to both led strips and the controller. Both the esp32 controller and led strips are 5V, and total maximum current usage when all is at full brightness is a little over 4A, so a 5V 5A power supply is enough (you can use lower amp power supply but then you need to limit the current in the controller). Since the voltage of strips is 5V and esp32 accepts a 3.3V on its pins I used a small converter from 5V to 3.3V directly to usb-c on the controller, but the led strips get the power directly from the power supply.

I need to clean up the wiring and make some kind of simple and elegant solution for connecting the wires together.

There are some small adjustments to be made, once I finish them I will edit the upload. This is my 3rd upload to makerworld so I sincerely apologise for any mistakes made in the design and remix and attributing to original author. Please, do comment so I can make changes.

Total print numbers:

Plate 1 - Leg Frame x 1

Plate 2 - Main Frame x 12

Plate 3 - Led Holder x 1

Plate 4 - Inside Shaders x 11

Plate 5 - Diffusers x 12

Plate 6 - Legs x 1

Some parts I used on this build:

LED Strip - https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_DBsUJ1B

ESP32 controller - https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_Dk8rdKt (you need to install WLED on it)

Thank you <3