STRAT

How it works.

STRAT is a lamp made of layers. Each layer does one thing and snaps magnetically onto the one below it. Scroll and we’ll build it together, from the bottom up.

The layers, one by one

The lamp shown here has five layers. We place them one by one, from the bottom up.

  1. Base. Everything starts with the base.

    This is where all the electronics live: a Raspberry Pi Pico 2 W, USB-C power and the contacts for the layers above.

    The base recognizes every layer you place on it and puts it to work, with no setup at all.

    More about the base

  2. Sensors. One eye, tilted toward the floor.

    Behind it sit a motion sensor, a light sensor, a temperature and humidity sensor and an air quality sensor.

    At night, when you get out of bed, it slowly lights the bottom slice, just enough to see where you’re stepping. It turns off on its own once you’re back in bed.

    More about the sensors

  3. Light. Warm light, in slices.

    A slice holds a ring of RGBW LEDs with warm white, behind a matte, translucent diffuser. The lamp shown here has two.

    Slices come in three heights, 48, 80 and 112 mm, and you stack as many as you need.

    More about the light

  4. Charging. The charger, on top.

    At the top, a holder for the original Apple MagSafe charger. The disc fits into a recess, and the cable stays inside the module, powered from the bus.

    The phone lies flat on the lamp and charges overnight.

    More about charging

It snaps on and lights up.

Each layer has four magnets in its corners, arranged so that it fits in only one orientation, and eight spring contacts that carry power and data. No cables and no tools.

You control it from its web page, on your network, or through MQTT and Home Assistant. No account and no cloud.

Each layer, in detail.

At a glance.

The lamp seen from above: a phone charges on the white charger set into the top, with warm light around it.
The size of a Mac mini.
127 millimeters per side, corners with continuous curvature and layers on a 4 mm grid.
Warm light.
RGBW LEDs with warm white, a matte diffuser and three slice heights. You add as many as you need.
At night, just the floor.
When you get out of bed, the sensor aimed at the floor slowly lights the bottom layer. It turns off on its own.
The phone, on top.
A recess for the original MagSafe charger, with the cable kept inside. No wire in sight.
It snaps on magnetically.
Four magnets and eight contacts, only one possible orientation, no tools.
Open.
Its own web page on your network, no account and no cloud.

Works with what you already have.

Nothing extra to install. The lamp speaks the languages your home already uses.

Home Assistant
Native API.
MQTT
Auto-discovery, with any broker.
Browser
The lamp’s web page, on your network.
The original MagSafe charger
For the phone. The watch holder comes later.
USB-C
Power.
Matter
Through a bridge, later.

Want one on your nightstand?

The first batch will be small and has no price or date yet. If you want to know when it’s ready, leave your email on the home page.

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