Ikea Frekvens LED matrix modding

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 23:22:47 +0200

I found a couple of ikea frekvens LED matrix cubes from that teenage engineering collab in a thrift store in Vienna. They were cheap and I’d heard about people modding them. Plugged in, they provide possibly the most dissapointing lightshow I’ve seen:

The LED matrix cubes 'dancing' to sounds.

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Whatever electronics they’ve got in there, it’s doing a very simple job: Show a static frame of a pre-baked five frame looping animation. Monitor a microphone and progress the animation each time a loud sound occurs. Check two buttons on the back to turn the LEDs on or off, and switch between a few different animation sets.
That’s it. Nothing dynamic, nothing exciting. Why not make it just a bit more exciting?

Sun, 09 Aug 2026 22:32:47 +0200

Found a 60x60 LED panel for 20dkk in the thrift store last week. Found an LED driver in the trash a couple days later. Just had to adjust the output power and change the power connector. Who knows, dali control might be broken, but I’m not living in an office. Think it’s gonna be my new work desk light.

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Ikea Frekvens LED matrix modding