Great video as always! Really inspiring project, I didn't know these LEDs existed in this package. I would appreciate a programming tutorial, because I find it hard to develop algorithms for my 4x4x4 RGB LED Cube.
Super schön, sieht nach sehr viel Arbeit aus. Und die Lötstellen sehen Topp aus! Gratulation. Freue mich auf die Erklärungen zur Animation. Yes please.
I really like this project. I think I got the part with the LEDs, and connecting them up with each other, but sadly you lost me at the part with connecting the power supply and the arduino.
Erst mal richtig geile Videos produzierst du und ich wollte dir nochmal ein großes Dankeschön aussprechen, da ich durch dich jetzt weiß was ich studieren werde richtig cool machst du das ich Feier dich !!!
Looks great in the end, but i personally have to say, that i liked the conecpt of your first RGB Cube more. With normal RGB LEDs, TLCs it just looks like its more/better even though this one is much simpler.Just my personal opinion
Hi, I have build a same cube following your instruction. Same type of data corruption occured, So I thought I would have to solder all the horizontal connections of VCC and GND for LEDs but, it turned out to be different frequency from power supply and arduino. (I was powering up arduino with USB port then). After some testing with few LEDs on bread board, it worked fine once they had same power source. Thanks to your video, I managed to build one too. (it doesn't look as nearly neat as yours though!)
Nice video! A suggestion for straightening wire: Try using a drill. Put one end of the wire into the drill, and hold the other end with whatever you want (if you bend it you can even use your hands). Then run the drill. Don't go too fast though, or the wire may break. This makes the wire more sturdy than it originally was in my experience. I was also wondering how the data is clocked in. I see there are Vin, Vout, Din, and Dout pins. How is each bit clocked in? Is there an internal clock? If so, what is its frequency? Otherwise, how does the LED know new data is available?
you did a really great job to simplify the light cube, we can drive it with just a Arduino! But I still have a little confuse of the led circuit. I have to study the circuit.
AwFro its not that Hard Its like building a computer : Order your Parts (motors, ESCs, Flightcontroller, Lipo, RX / TX) And stick and solder them together I built one myself
I reverence to be able to do it because I find it beautiful but because of my state of health I can not do it know you or I could buy one like yours I think it's the most beautiful
GreatScott, custom animation programming would definitely be super cool mate, especially the animation of letters and numbers. Is there a way to control the brightness of individual leds? This could be useful for replicating ascii art in light, but naturally a larger cube or flat matrix would be best for such things and I imagine that the same principles and techniques apply and are scaleable to create whatever you desire.
Why not make a Jig for making each array? It would only take like 15-30mins to print on a 3D printer and it will give you a much cleaner soldering and alignment..
A potential improvement for next time: add a wire and port to access the Arduino from the outside without opening it. Also, the Arduino and power parts of the video are a little confusing.
Hehe, so you know you'll have to wire up about 2 million of these things for that, right, GreatScott!? Imagine now, having to build one that's in UHD--4K or 8K vertical lines, 8MP and 32 MP!
Great tutorial, I'm going to have to build myself one of those :) One thing though; Why didn't you export the micro USB of the Arduino Nano to the base case? That way you would only need to hook up a cable to re-program it instead of lifting the top off.
great video! very informative as usual.. I was wondering if you could show how you could program the first LED cube that you made. it was a very satisfying build for me but i still don't know exactly how to fiddle with the code a bit.
Very good tutorial! Are there any design considerations of doing a larger Arduino-based cube using ONE data pin vs. one for each layer? Also, it's been almost 4 years since your video and I have found VERY FEW cube projects that uses addressable LEDs (PL9823, WS2811, APA-106, etc). Care to comment?
Hello Scott, I created the cube all the way, but when I power it up, the signal does not travel thru some of the lights, I have tried everything, checked the wiring, changed the LED's and still stuck with the same problem, rather strange I should say, by the way, it is not my first cube, I have done a few before... Any suggestions?
sorry i don't understand,why you make four holes for 4 wires in a top for data in to data out, when there are 5 rgb leds in a vertical line? can you explain to me? thank you.
Hey greatscott love you videos. I'm alway keen to see If you have made a new one. I'm just wondering if you would be interested in making a mini cnc machine. Would love too see you make one. I'm very interested in them and would love to see you make a desktop cnc. Maybe to draw or something.
First of all many thanks for the video, awesome stuff! I know this is old, but I’m building one atm and was wondering why we need parallel wiring for each row. I know he says because of “funky looking data corruption”. But am wondering how this could occur. Wouldn’t only the top and bottom rows alone also suffice? Am thinking of creating a PCB for this btw, the LED soldering was relatively fun, made a 3D printed jig for it, but the wiring is annoying me a bit. Make sure you use some flexible wiring for that if building your own. With a 2 sided PCB we could have parallel columns and rows easily I imagine, but still wondering if that is even necessary.
After googling around a bit this could be to mitigate “current hogging”. Is this indeed the case? From what I understood, having multiple parallel connections will reduce the risk of one parallel string having a lower impedance, drawing more current and therefore causing issues. But not sure.
Great movie. I'm not so familiar with electronics, and in the link you provides, the 5V power supply cannot be changed to 5.5 V as in the video. I have a question please: 5V might make trouble, so you set to 5.5. Could you, instead, put a different resistor? maybe with lower resistance ? Thanks
Hello, we need to make a project with a LED cube and we would like to know if it's possible to increase the height, the height, the depth of the LED cube ? Thanks for your answer. Good bye.
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Yes on the custom animations video! Cheers, Chris.
who's chris
At the start... I can do this easy.
By the end... Damn thats a lot of work!
The simplified design is great, this might finally get me to build one. Please add a video on how to program animation.
Great video as always!
Really inspiring project, I didn't know these LEDs existed in this package.
I would appreciate a programming tutorial, because I find it hard to develop algorithms for my 4x4x4 RGB LED Cube.
please do the animations video! :D nice project
Marking the locations with solder is so clever!! 1:02
Super schön, sieht nach sehr viel Arbeit aus. Und die Lötstellen sehen Topp aus! Gratulation. Freue mich auf die Erklärungen zur Animation. Yes please.
+norm1124 Er hatte im ersten Video nen 10x10x10 Cube glaub ich und der ist noch mehr Arbeit
I really like this project. I think I got the part with the LEDs, and connecting them up with each other, but sadly you lost me at the part with connecting the power supply and the arduino.
Looks great! I'd love to see a video on creating animations for this cube. How much did this cube cost in total?
+vidm96 Around 60-70 $
+GreatScott! would it be much cheaper with an MSP430? I'd also like to see the code to drive the LEDs. Thanks for another (two) great videos!
+Bernhard Hofmann The Arduino Nano costs $2-3, so MSP430 isn't really cheaper than that.
+Bernhard Hofmann Just take the price of an arduino and subtract it with the price of the MSP430.
Me also!!
Fantastic video,
Im going to give this a try and build a christmas tree instead of a cube!
Erst mal richtig geile Videos produzierst du und ich wollte dir nochmal ein großes Dankeschön aussprechen, da ich durch dich jetzt weiß was ich studieren werde richtig cool machst du das ich Feier dich !!!
Linus Mann hier ist einer der es durch ihn auch weiß
Wow! I wished I had that kind of free time! Nice project!
Lt of patience is needed for the job thanks for video
I would like to see the programming behind this, how you can controll so much data with just a few wires. :D
Finally, I was waiting for this 2nd part so eagerly. Can wait to build one..
I want this in my house but want nothing to do with building it hahaha. Well done ! It's awesome
Looks great in the end, but i personally have to say, that i liked the conecpt of your first RGB Cube more.
With normal RGB LEDs, TLCs it just looks like its more/better even though this one is much simpler.Just my personal opinion
Hi, I have build a same cube following your instruction. Same type of data corruption occured, So I thought I would have to solder all the horizontal connections of VCC and GND for LEDs but, it turned out to be different frequency from power supply and arduino. (I was powering up arduino with USB port then). After some testing with few LEDs on bread board, it worked fine once they had same power source. Thanks to your video, I managed to build one too. (it doesn't look as nearly neat as yours though!)
Nice video! A suggestion for straightening wire: Try using a drill. Put one end of the wire into the drill, and hold the other end with whatever you want (if you bend it you can even use your hands). Then run the drill. Don't go too fast though, or the wire may break. This makes the wire more sturdy than it originally was in my experience.
I was also wondering how the data is clocked in. I see there are Vin, Vout, Din, and Dout pins. How is each bit clocked in? Is there an internal clock? If so, what is its frequency? Otherwise, how does the LED know new data is available?
Excellent video. I would love to see a follow on one showing how to create the custom animations...
Pleasure to watch
German perfectionism
Echt schöne Anleitung! Der Würfel ist toll geworden aber über ein Video über die Animationen würde ich mich noch freuen.
love the construction and explanation. Keep up the good work!
finally a video I understand of yours!
Well you make it look "easy" but I'm up for the challenge, just need to find the time!
Holy Moly, was ne Löterei. Sieht Klasse aus!!!
you did a really great job to simplify the light cube, we can drive it with just a Arduino!
But I still have a little confuse of the led circuit.
I have to study the circuit.
Hello Mr Scott.
I would immensely enjoy if you could do a video tutorial regarding custom animations.
Keep up the good work Scottie.
As always nice video
Please make a video on air purifier (negative ion generator)
Thanks
love it! you made it really simple for beginners thank you.
Make a video about custom animations! It would really help me and others
Custom animations video would be awesome!
Me too, I hope to see the tutorial for animations/codes for this cube.. Please GreatScott..
Great Part 2, please do the custom animation video
Yes I would like to see custom animations.
seems pretty cool, I just don't have the patience to solder all of that..
would be rly cool if you could make a Video on building a mechanical Keyboard
Please do a video for programing the animations!
Could you make a video about programming your own animations for the cube?
greatscott, you should make a quadcopter
+AwFro Already in development.
+GreatScott! omg u anwsered me! I'm very excided about it :)
AwFro its not that Hard
Its like building a computer :
Order your Parts (motors, ESCs, Flightcontroller, Lipo, RX / TX) And stick and solder them together
I built one myself
I would like to see how to create animations. Nice cube geeat job man. 👍👍👍
Can you make a video about the oscilloscope ?
I like your videos very much i look every day if a new video is online
nice, got idea to make something beautiful as gift.. can you show how to make 8x8x8 led cube using arduino nano please
Great Scott! Another Great Video! Yes more about the code and also scaling this up to 8 x 8 Please
iam sorry but i really like you led videos.
Please do a video about programming a led cube
I reverence to be able to do it because I find it beautiful but because of my state of health I can not do it know you or I could buy one like yours I think it's the most beautiful
Nice to finally hear you say copper correctly :) just kidding, awesome video, just like always
Awesome work! You are an impress guy. Plans available!?i know your time is short. Good job!
i am so doing this when i have time.
great project as alwways but you sould make a video about programing the animation that will be awesome just to learn how to programme!
YES custom animations
Yayayyyyy! Part 2!!!
I can't imagine how much solder this guy goes through
GreatScott! another awesome video.
hiii..... plz upload some tutorial videos of programming for 3D LED cube
GreatScott, custom animation programming would definitely be super cool mate, especially the animation of letters and numbers. Is there a way to control the brightness of individual leds? This could be useful for replicating ascii art in light, but naturally a larger cube or flat matrix would be best for such things and I imagine that the same principles and techniques apply and are scaleable to create whatever you desire.
Why not make a Jig for making each array? It would only take like 15-30mins to print on a 3D printer and it will give you a much cleaner soldering and alignment..
Would love to see the tutorial! Awesome video ;)
Thank you for this second vidéo.Great job.
Nice wire strippers, what brand? Like those better then the two jaw type that strips horizontally!
A potential improvement for next time: add a wire and port to access the Arduino from the outside without opening it.
Also, the Arduino and power parts of the video are a little confusing.
Oh my gosh, I got tired just from watching you! Great job though!
Hey, now make us an HD one, huh?
+MaxxFordham No problem.
Hehe, so you know you'll have to wire up about 2 million of these things for that, right, GreatScott!?
Imagine now, having to build one that's in UHD--4K or 8K vertical lines, 8MP and 32 MP!
@@greatscottlab can i use other common anode or cathode leds instead of these cosly one?
That's so cool! Are you able to control individual LEDs with this?
Jordan O'C yes, he used addressable leds meaning he can control each led's R,G,B and brightness with 1 data line
v0000000000000000v Oh damn, really? I completely misunderstood what was said in the last part then :c
What about a video about shift registers?
Could you do a video showing us how to do an rgb cube with a rainbowduino?
Great tutorial, I'm going to have to build myself one of those :)
One thing though; Why didn't you export the micro USB of the Arduino Nano to the base case? That way you would only need to hook up a cable to re-program it instead of lifting the top off.
PLEASE DO MORE WITH PELTIER MODULS
well done bro, I have a project that i would like u to test, if y dont mind. I will send you all the detailes soon.
thank you.
Nice video. I am curious, couldn't you just solder the data in and data out together inside of using additional wire?
+clevere1 The pins were to short.
+GreatScott! Thanks for the reply!
+GreatScott! Really great project. well done! What dimensions would be the maximum for an Arduino do you think?
I follow the progress of your project but I'm not know you enable led types in the video above, cathode or anode? please GreatScott
great video! very informative as usual..
I was wondering if you could show how you could program the first LED cube that you made. it was a very satisfying build for me but i still don't know exactly how to fiddle with the code a bit.
+Brandon Pais I think I talked about the code in the third part of the series. I will not go into more detail than this. Sorry.
Very good tutorial! Are there any design considerations of doing a larger Arduino-based cube using ONE data pin vs. one for each layer? Also, it's been almost 4 years since your video and I have found VERY FEW cube projects that uses addressable LEDs (PL9823, WS2811, APA-106, etc). Care to comment?
Hello Scott, I created the cube all the way, but when I power it up, the signal does not travel thru some of the lights, I have tried everything, checked the wiring, changed the LED's and still stuck with the same problem, rather strange I should say, by the way, it is not my first cube, I have done a few before... Any suggestions?
Very nice cube. Is it possible to make 5x5x5 cube with normal 8mm leds and how?
I would enjoy a custom animation video =)
Where do you get your nice ass mini hand tools set that you use to cut wires, or hold screws, even tighten nuts & bolts ?
I would like to see the video for creating animation. Now it is the only thing stopping me on this project.
What might be the reason for thee weird behavior at 5 volts? Is it possible to happen the same in WS2812B too?
hahaha 14 years old i don't understand anything but i like watching you video
great as usual.
keep going mate.
sorry i don't understand,why you make four holes for 4 wires in a top for data in to data out, when there are 5 rgb leds in a vertical line? can you explain to me? thank you.
great project
but, how is one wire controls each of 125 leds ?
Can I light up a specific led ?
greatscott, what about DIY bicycle safety LED lights?
+John Puruntong I put it on my to do list.
Hey Scott. Great Project, and id really like to learn how to custom programm led cubes like these ! Stay Creative :)
Please do the custom animations video...
Can i do it with common anode or common cathode led's
please do make the animations video and expline how to edit the code more in depth
super ;)
c'est compliqué pour un débutant quand même, avoir le matériel et un cerveau ^^
A big like again I love it 👍👍👍👍
Hey greatscott love you videos. I'm alway keen to see If you have made a new one. I'm just wondering if you would be interested in making a mini cnc machine. Would love too see you make one. I'm very interested in them and would love to see you make a desktop cnc. Maybe to draw or something.
This is all to simple, I'll skip this one! No challenge at all ;-) Thanks for the video though! Keep it going :-)
+Pauluz de Boskabouter Go for the LED Matrix then ;)
Hola excelente trabajo!!! una pregunta el software y/o programa para hacer funcionar el arduino y el cubo??. Saludos y gracias
can you make a video on how to make LED display?
Very like it but
I need without microcontroller
Dancing light
First of all many thanks for the video, awesome stuff!
I know this is old, but I’m building one atm and was wondering why we need parallel wiring for each row. I know he says because of “funky looking data corruption”. But am wondering how this could occur. Wouldn’t only the top and bottom rows alone also suffice? Am thinking of creating a PCB for this btw, the LED soldering was relatively fun, made a 3D printed jig for it, but the wiring is annoying me a bit. Make sure you use some flexible wiring for that if building your own. With a 2 sided PCB we could have parallel columns and rows easily I imagine, but still wondering if that is even necessary.
After googling around a bit this could be to mitigate “current hogging”. Is this indeed the case? From what I understood, having multiple parallel connections will reduce the risk of one parallel string having a lower impedance, drawing more current and therefore causing issues. But not sure.
Great movie.
I'm not so familiar with electronics, and in the link you provides, the 5V power supply cannot be changed to 5.5 V as in the video.
I have a question please: 5V might make trouble, so you set to 5.5.
Could you, instead, put a different resistor? maybe with lower resistance ?
Thanks
Hello, we need to make a project with a LED cube and we would like to know if it's possible to increase the height, the height, the depth of the LED cube ? Thanks for your answer. Good bye.
GreatScott! good job
Please can you do a custom animations video :)
Please do a custom animation video