Build your own RGB LED Cube Part 3: optimisation and animations

2014-05-03

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Part 1:/youtube/video/EnM3p2TmWXc

Part 2:/youtube/video/VkP48yrtdVo

How to Multiplex:/youtube/video/uQMUPhyoXoE

More project info on Instructables:http://www.instructables.com/id/Build-your-own-4x4x4-RGB-LED-Cube/

New Arduino Code: http://www.mediafire.com/download/d135j9ka31dj1yl/RGB_LED_Cube_Code_v2_GreatScott!.rar

Parts list (affiliate links):

Aliexpress:

RGB LEDs Common Anode: https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_dZ2unDY

Silvered Copper Wire (Bridge Wire): https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_d6ClzWi

Solder: https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_dTGclAw

Ribbon Cable: https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_dXkghb4

DC Jack: https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_d6cVZVl

Switch: https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_d9dxPD5

Potentiometer (10k): https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_dX83GAF

Arduino Nano: https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_dULoNXh

TLC5940: https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_d7bKqAI

Resistor Kit: https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_dTPpXjt

Power Supply (5V, 2A): https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_d7d5TO6

Capacitor Kit: https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_dU4FEsB

Prototyping PCB: https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_dXx2Zv5

In the last part of the RGB LED Cube build, I added a potentiometer to control the brightness of the cube and changed the IC sockets. Also I created some animations to showcase the possibilities of the cube. Feel free to make your own animations.

Music:

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