The KMart Mushroom lamp looks great,and is reasonably priced. However it suffers from the greatest sin of all dimmable lamps; pressing the button goes UP in brightness. This means that whenever you want to turn the unit off, you need to be blinded. This alone is a reason to replace the controller, however giving it smart controls so I can tie it into Home Assistant is an extra win. ...
This wasn’t going to become a blog post originally. Gamiee sent me some very nice nixie tubes recently, and as one does, I wanted a desk clock using them. Seeking the warm fuzzy feelings only the orange glow could give. Original Control Board Originally the plan was to use the cheap Aliexpress driver boards, and I picked up this one in a sale for sub $30AUD. These are fairly easy to wire up, however after writing it up it became obvious that this unit had features and settings but I couldn’t track down good documentation on how to enable them. Asking the seller didn’t result in anything either. ...