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Make your own LED Bar - Part 2 (better light diffusion, backplate construction)

2014-12-19

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15x10 RGB LED Matrix Demo: http://youtu.be/vjLGA3q26og

Part 1: /youtube/video/_NEK5YwKGKk

4x4x4 RGB LED Cube: /youtube/video/EnM3p2TmWXc

More project info on Instructables (parts list, schematic, arduino code): http://www.instructables.com/id/Make-your-own-LED-Bar/

Parts list (affiliate links):

Aliexpress:

WS2812B LED Strip: https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_d7UgTnE

Hook up wire: https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_dSjlxDI

1x 5V 3A Power Supply: https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_dXaot6s

1x Attiny85: https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_d6jWL8U

1x 8 Pin IC Socket: https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_dUOyoO4

1x 10k Resistor: https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_dTPpXjt

2x 2 Pin Terminal: https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_dYbstfZ

1x Tactile Push Button: https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_dXIIMcP

1x 10k Potentiometer: https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_dX83GAF

1x PCB (copper lines): https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_dY2kgvt

1x Power Switch: https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_d9dxPD5

In the second part of the LED Bar I will talk about how I made the light diffusion for the top shelf even better. But the main focus of this part will be the construction of a backplate for the bar, so that no light of the LED matrix can escape through the back.

Music:

In the Hall of the Mountain King, Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)