Case study

orsala_hack: reconstructing IKEA ORSALA lamp controls

orsala_hack reconstructs the control behavior of the IKEA ORSALA lamp in replacement STM8 firmware. It documents the original rotary-encoder actions, MCU and LED-driver connections, and changes brightness, color-temperature and power controls while saving settings to EEPROM.

Targets: Firmware
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-08

Stars: 60
Last commit: 2025-07-10
Language: C++

GitHub data as of 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: An IKEA ORSALA lamp with the STM8S003F3P6 controller is the documented target.
Prerequisites: Building requires Sduino; flashing requires stm8flash and STLINKv2.
License: Beerware License, Revision 42.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{orsala-hack-case,
  title = {{orsala\_hack: reconstructing IKEA ORSALA lamp controls}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/j-zero/orsala_hack}},
  url = {https://github.com/j-zero/orsala_hack},
  urldate = {2026-11-08},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/orsala-hack-case/}}
}

Plain text

orsala_hack: reconstructing IKEA ORSALA lamp controls. https://github.com/j-zero/orsala_hack (accessed 2026-11-08). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/orsala-hack-case/

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README.md GitHub · j-zero/orsala_hack · Revision 38984da
LICENSE GitHub · j-zero/orsala_hack · Revision 38984da