Me: Starts video, immediately opens eBay to find one of these, hovers over the buy it now button and then the flashbacks start... Nope, a man's gotta know his limitations and I know my limitations, a 4x4 cube tried to test me once, it ended up a mangled mess of LEDs and much of my blood spilt, I crushed it while berating it. So I know I wouldn't have any hope of making one of these. Well done sir, nice build, you have the patience of a saint!!!
@@markusallport1276 I'm on first name terms with my postman cos I get so much stuff from eBay. Everyday he delivers a fresh pile of "eBay gold", electrical components, build kits, solder and soldering iron station parts, tools, gadgets.... Oh god I have a problem, a serious problem...🤣🤣🤣
Totally enjoyed that video. The Tower is now priced at $30usd and yes, I did order one lol. Very inspiring and I do have to say my soldering has improved over the course of the last year. No matter how long or how good/bad you think your soldering it, it will always improve with more practice. This tower will test my patience as well and my electronics stamina. Thanks again for a great video.
👏😅 Well done. I was thoroughly convinced throughout the video that this is a kit I would never want to torture myself to build ... until the end .... crap.
If I got one of these kits, it would have to be pre-built. I just don't have the patience or steady hands anymore for fiddley work. Well done. It looks fantastic.
Thanks for doing this, one thing that will help, as you build each layer, add the control wires as you build up. that way you do not have to snake the wires up inside with tweezers.
a year ago I built a 8x8 led cylinder, based on a 8x8 flat matrix grid IC. 8 in a circle, 8 stacked high, arduino controlled, red leds. looks and works really cool. made this from scratch on perf board off of the arduino site for 8x8 matrix project.
I had a similar kit, but it was designed just as a cube of LED's, but virtually identical. A single STC microcontroller, or microprocessor as they may be, and a bunch of LED's that had to be soldered in grids. Had a bunch of LED's left over at the end too. It had the same 4 colour changing LED's on the corners as stands. They gave code to program it with Arduino IDE if needed, but I never really did anything other than run through the defaults with it.
I am SO HAPPY you put this out this week. When you got it back in the mailbag I thought "Christmas Project!" and got one for myself. I'm now "sort of" looking forward to doing it now. 😂😂
I buy a lot of kits you feature on this channel but not this time. Way too much work for me. Looks cool though. I saw the video on Princess Auto. I was planning on going to see my friend in Winnipeg this summer anyways. Princess Auto is on the top of the sightseeing list.
I could be wrong, but it looks like you have a bad LED, or hopefully a bad solder joint, on the third circle from the top. Great job in either case, that would be a challenging kit...might have to get one of those. :D
I ordered one of these temporary life-wasters as a personal challenge because LED cubes scare me. At one point during the 3 days on and off it took me to finish this thing I realized I was sacrificing my money and time to honor some TV tower that exists in Canton, China. And I thought Nike owners were bad.
Update: It's done and it works. Very impressive, But now that I've gotten about as many Oooh and Ahhs and 'That's my favorite" from as many who are likely to see this "tribute to non-American technology", I'm thinking of getting my time and effort back by selling it on Ebay. You did one, what's it worth?
That name is a mouthful lmao, a nice little kit and reasonably priced when you think of all that is included. Just a thought, if you had any kind of kit building schedule, you could warn us in advance and we can each get one and build it along lol I know it's complicated but you could make a Live stream out of it, Perhaps help the sub numbers, Seems ppl like the live thing nowadays and like to interact with content creators as they watch.
I got one of these kits as a Christmas gift to build for someone. But 4 days x 4 hours is not going to be Santa friendly, given that it is now the 23rd. I did get the base built and tested via the Bluetooth link. But my kit must be slightly different though - I have two acrylic templates, not one.
The LEDs are colour changing but always start with the same colour. Most of the animations I saw only turned on the leds for a short period of time so they only lit up in one colour (most!) Is this the case for all the default patterns it comes with?
The program in the MicroController is very clever. It limits the voltage in the "off" mode so that the colour-changing cycle can progress even though there is no illumination. In that way it can make a single ring of blue, despite that colour being quite a way along in the automatic animation.
I built a small circular thing 48 Leds but I did test each LED before building it, just incase :-) and keeping it fairly straight up so as not to look like the tower of pizza:-)
Only at the beginning of this ... but a 44-page Chinglish Manual is not something I would necessarily look forward to. Am guessing this uses some sort of i2c RGB "colorful" LED? Would like one to play with. Here is a tool that may be good for this kind of thing: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000IBOP6Q/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00 Epic!
Be careful that you have right instructions for your kit. I got this kit some time ago and only just restarted building it. I couldn't find my original instructions so used the above download. Argh! My kit has the LED polarity.reversed. Thankfully spotted after only one wrongly soldered ring. My kit had two perspex templates, not one.
Excellent vid as always and a great result but.....I'm a little confused. At 21:12 you tested the first four rings, nothing wrong there but how did they work without having any of the negative 'rings' connected? Soldering the negative wires was the last thing you did.....wasn't it? It works, that's obvious, but why?
In retrospect it wasn't a smart test to try. I think it sort of worked because of leakage current through the driver circuit in some of the other leds in the ring.
Me: Starts video, immediately opens eBay to find one of these, hovers over the buy it now button and then the flashbacks start... Nope, a man's gotta know his limitations and I know my limitations, a 4x4 cube tried to test me once, it ended up a mangled mess of LEDs and much of my blood spilt, I crushed it while berating it. So I know I wouldn't have any hope of making one of these.
Well done sir, nice build, you have the patience of a saint!!!
I have to agree with you. I think I have purchased 85% of the items I've seen here.
@@markusallport1276 I'm on first name terms with my postman cos I get so much stuff from eBay. Everyday he delivers a fresh pile of "eBay gold", electrical components, build kits, solder and soldering iron station parts, tools, gadgets.... Oh god I have a problem, a serious problem...🤣🤣🤣
All I can say is this should be the next speed build project. Power supply easy peasy, let’s see who can do this the quickest.
The gauntlet is thrown!
It took me 4 evenings of roughly 3-4 hours per evening. Let's see who can beat it
@@pileofstuff I'll get one on order :) not sure how long it will take, so a new year project.
I'm in, just ordered mine.
You had to point out that resistor the wrong way around. Now I wont sleep at nights!
Great kit and even greater soldering.
Totally enjoyed that video. The Tower is now priced at $30usd and yes, I did order one lol. Very inspiring and I do have to say my soldering has improved over the course of the last year. No matter how long or how good/bad you think your soldering it, it will always improve with more practice. This tower will test my patience as well and my electronics stamina. Thanks again for a great video.
👏😅 Well done. I was thoroughly convinced throughout the video that this is a kit I would never want to torture myself to build ... until the end .... crap.
If I got one of these kits, it would have to be pre-built. I just don't have the patience or steady hands anymore for fiddley work. Well done. It looks fantastic.
I bought one of these a few months back, never got to it, but now you got my soldering juices going. time to build. Thanks for the video.
Thanks for doing this, one thing that will help, as you build each layer, add the control wires as you build up. that way you do not have to snake the wires up inside with tweezers.
You definitely took one for the team on this one. I thought about doing that same kit but now I have 2nd thoughts. I'll enjoy it through your video.
a year ago I built a 8x8 led cylinder, based on a 8x8 flat matrix grid IC. 8 in a circle, 8 stacked high, arduino controlled, red leds. looks and works really cool. made this from scratch on perf board off of the arduino site for 8x8 matrix project.
Nice project. Love the little tickle of guitar in the background.
I had a similar kit, but it was designed just as a cube of LED's, but virtually identical. A single STC microcontroller, or microprocessor as they may be, and a bunch of LED's that had to be soldered in grids. Had a bunch of LED's left over at the end too.
It had the same 4 colour changing LED's on the corners as stands. They gave code to program it with Arduino IDE if needed, but I never really did anything other than run through the defaults with it.
Our host built the same kit, or one very similar to it. First thing that ran through my mind when I saw this.
printed out instructions very nice
I am SO HAPPY you put this out this week. When you got it back in the mailbag I thought "Christmas Project!" and got one for myself.
I'm now "sort of" looking forward to doing it now. 😂😂
Looks like it would make the basis for a cool sci fi prop too.
That took a lot of work and patience. Fantastic job. Thanks for keeping us entertained.
That looked like a lot of work, but what a result!
whoever designs these kits, they are so creative ! 😍
271 leds My goodness I hope you have something good to listen too as you build through the boredom:-)
The theme from Clockwork Orange worked for me
Nice. Took a while but turned out ok. Thanks. 🎄
I have been pondering whether to try this kit or not. They are everywhere and look cool enough.
I buy a lot of kits you feature on this channel but not this time. Way too much work for me. Looks cool though. I saw the video on Princess Auto. I was planning on going to see my friend in Winnipeg this summer anyways. Princess Auto is on the top of the sightseeing list.
Fantastic job. This is why you are a legend.
I could be wrong, but it looks like you have a bad LED, or hopefully a bad solder joint, on the third circle from the top. Great job in either case, that would be a challenging kit...might have to get one of those. :D
I ordered one of these temporary life-wasters as a personal challenge because LED cubes scare me. At one point during the 3 days on and off it took me to finish this thing I realized I was sacrificing my money and time to honor some TV tower that exists in Canton, China. And I thought Nike owners were bad.
Update: It's done and it works. Very impressive, But now that I've gotten about as many Oooh and Ahhs and 'That's my favorite" from as many who are likely to see this "tribute to non-American technology", I'm thinking of getting my time and effort back by selling it on Ebay. You did one, what's it worth?
That's a pretty cool kit build! Good job!
32:11 That's not a spectrum analyzer mode; that's just a VU-meter.
That name is a mouthful lmao, a nice little kit and reasonably priced when you think of all that is included. Just a thought, if you had any kind of kit building schedule, you could warn us in advance and we can each get one and build it along lol I know it's complicated but you could make a Live stream out of it, Perhaps help the sub numbers, Seems ppl like the live thing nowadays and like to interact with content creators as they watch.
great video i started this kit 2 days ago. an on step 11. I was missing parts and defective live.
I got one of these kits as a Christmas gift to build for someone. But 4 days x 4 hours is not going to be Santa friendly, given that it is now the 23rd. I did get the base built and tested via the Bluetooth link. But my kit must be slightly different though - I have two acrylic templates, not one.
Well, that's certainly one thing that I can't say ''Needs LEDs'' :-D
Annoying when the kit arrives 4 LED's short.
is the beer cold?
if no -1 if yes +1
BTW thanks oem for not including Analog Multiplexer Chip 300 Ohm 16-Dip
Frankly, I was impressed that they included a socket for the controller.
The LEDs are colour changing but always start with the same colour. Most of the animations I saw only turned on the leds for a short period of time so they only lit up in one colour (most!)
Is this the case for all the default patterns it comes with?
The program in the MicroController is very clever. It limits the voltage in the "off" mode so that the colour-changing cycle can progress even though there is no illumination. In that way it can make a single ring of blue, despite that colour being quite a way along in the automatic animation.
I built a small circular thing 48 Leds but I did test each LED before building it, just incase :-) and keeping it fairly straight up so as not to look like the tower of pizza:-)
Great content
Hmm may have been better to run the white wires as you build, well done to finish it with out throwing across the room a few times:-)
Only at the beginning of this ... but a 44-page Chinglish Manual is not something I would necessarily look forward to.
Am guessing this uses some sort of i2c RGB "colorful" LED? Would like one to play with.
Here is a tool that may be good for this kind of thing: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000IBOP6Q/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00
Epic!
looks great but i think that is one kit that i will pass on.
That was mammoth.
I just started building my tower. But I don't know how to add a picture to show you
Enjoy the build. It's an impressive kit to finish
Ok I think I got it
Ok let's try this
Ok so just received this kit. I cannot seem to download the manual. Can you send me a link for this download of the manual. Thank you
I re-uploaded it to my web server: pileofstuff.ca/shared/12320_Installation_Manual.pdf
@@pileofstuff thank you again. And HAPPY NEW YEAR
Be careful that you have right instructions for your kit. I got this kit some time ago and only just restarted building it. I couldn't find my original instructions so used the above download. Argh! My kit has the LED polarity.reversed. Thankfully spotted after only one wrongly soldered ring. My kit had two perspex templates, not one.
Excellent vid as always and a great result but.....I'm a little confused. At 21:12 you tested the first four rings, nothing wrong there but how did they work without having any of the negative 'rings' connected? Soldering the negative wires was the last thing you did.....wasn't it? It works, that's obvious, but why?
In retrospect it wasn't a smart test to try.
I think it sort of worked because of leakage current through the driver circuit in some of the other leds in the ring.
@@pileofstuff Maybe you've done it.....Free Energy at last! Then again, could be just a miracle......Merry Christmas.