Hey Scott, little tip: For straightening the wires I found it usefull to use a power drill: Clamp one end of the wire in the drill, hold the other end with pliers, straighten the wire by pulling with the pliers and give the wire like a few dozens of turns (or more if you like). Result: Wire straight as an arrow and stiffer, too (cause of work hardening). Dont overdo it though, as the wire will be more prone to breaking (also due to work hardening). Give it a try! :)
quick tip for arrow straight wire. tie one end to somthing stationary. chuck the other end in a drill, pull it taught and run the drill for a few seconds. the longer the wire the better it turns out.
Straighten the frame wire by clamping one end with pliers or in a vice then put the other end in a drill and pull tension whilst using the drill to twist the wire. I'm not sure if your wire is strong enough for this method though. Amazing videos btw, you are very smart. Keep up the good work!
lol I love how you speak I put these wirez in the holez and afterwardz.... But don't get me wrong, you speak english really good, better than me for sure, and I love your videos.
You can cut acrylic much easier .. just place your ruler pick your blade knife and do 3-5 cuts just to hurt the acrylic.. then you can snap it in half ^^ and you go pretty good looking too : ]
at 3:08 , how does that space fit in a 8 mm hole for your schematic? On the right hand side, how does the 0.8mm holes work? Within the 8mm allotted, is it 3mm, then 2mm, then hole, then 2 mm, then 3mm? That adds up 11.6mm within the allotted 8mm for the LED which doesn't make sense.
+GreatScott! you could easily cut the acrylic glass just with a box cutter. Sharp on both sides along your lines and then brake it at an etch of a table. This looks a much more better then with a dremel. PS.: Nice Videos
+GreatScott! Yeah! I was thinking that I would need to code a /very/ good interface to make coding animations of any complexity feasible. Will look into this FastLED library for sure. I could see this making life much easier!
To straiten wire you could also use a drill. Put the wire in the drill take the other end with some pliers and rotate the wire with the drill. Will come out perfectly strait. Just make sure you dont use too much force with the plier since it will make the wire snap.
You can straighten the wire by placing one end in a drill and the other is held with pliers. Spin the drill and pull the wire with the pliers and it will be dead straight!
For the germans in the commentsection: If you don't like the softness of copper wire (bends easily >.>), you can use steel wire. It isn't as solderable, but good enough. Graupner sells straight steel wire. 0.8mm*1000mm costs around 30cents or so.
Which blue tool can be seen in the timeframe 5:58 - 6:07? This looks very usefull. Would be happy if you could share a link here or at least the name from it :)
can you please help me i love led and i have a project to do it on my motorcycle how can i get in contact with you and another thing i'm kinda confused dont u need a resistor for every led connected or i can just connect dataoutput to data input and all of them to one resistor? i was think it should be a parallel circuit but the one in the video i believe is series circuit
good, trying to do it. what is the distance betwin the + and - line of the leds, 2mm or 8mm, in the base SVG is 2mm, but in video , on paper is 8mm. thanks
@GreatScott! Wenn du Plexiglas Fräsen willst ist es oftmals auch schon hilfreich die Drehzahl runter zu nehmen oder den Maschinen Vorschub zu erhöhen, so dass der Kunststoff nicht zu heiß wird.
can I make the distance between the leds smaller? I only see cubes with that big gaps between the leds. In my opinion it whould look better if I make a cube 5 by5 cm or 7.5by7.5cm with 5 leds in each row.
Hello Scott, In the tutorial photos, I see a component like a blue resistor soldered to the LED wiring, that is not in the list of components, what is it, is it necessary? Thank you!
Hi, I really like the simplicity of this build, but I'd like to go bigger, 8x8x8, would this be possible with the same components? I figure I might need a different resistor and probably a more powerful power supply but other than that I would expect this set-up to just scale up?
Is it worth to build the cube out of diffused rgb leds or does it look as good with clear rgb leds? Clear ones are much cheaper and i dont want to make them all diffused by hand lol. But diffused rgb leds are way to expensive.
Sir, All you videos motivate me a lot. I'm trying to build 8*8*8 single colour LED Cube on my own. Just wanted to ask you is it possible to create 8*8*8 LED Cube using Arduino Nano and 8 shift registers ? Thanks 😊
Hey Scott! Could you look up on the magnet motor engine? To let's say, power up leds? You said you love them, it would be awesome to see if magnets can power up something that you usually build in videos. I dont know if this actually works, but would be nice to try that :) Greetings
Hello GreatScott! I was seeing this video and i saw your breadboard jumpers. And i was wondering. What are they called? i bought some Dupont ones but the plastic part is rectangular and they break easy. The metal contact pin is metal sheet bent to form a pin. I think your are whole pins. What are they called? Thank you.
I find it very hard to find proper documentation, or even just information on how these diodes actually work. It all well and good that there are libraries out there to control them, but how are they actually controlled? And what are the limitations? How many can be daisy chained together, how fast can you push the data, and so on and so forth. Any help would be greatly appreciated. And of course, thank you for your hard work, that too is appreciated.
That's just trolling. I said I've looked, and I have, and then assuming that I haven't is just being a troll. If you know something which I don't, please enlighten me, or go find a bridge to hide under.
+Felix Nielsen Jesus H Christ. add the frigging mA together for the load you have to support. figure out how to power the max without burning your microcontroller. and for God's sake, look up multiplexing and charlieplexing. people are only going to give so many answers. look up videos by Kevin Durrah. watch them 3 or 4 times, come back, then revise your question.
+Zerfallsgesetz you don t need to, acryl is so soft that you can cut it by hand! pro tipp: wear some kind of gloves and have a vacuum cleaner on hand, or your hands and surroundings will get messy :) (gloves only if not cut by hand)
hey greatScott!! i need ur help!! i have some cellphone cameras lying !! i wanna reuse them!! the phone is totally broken but i have 4 or 5 cameras! I'm not willing to waste them!!! will u come up with any projects related to this!! ? ....
Thanks for this tutorial it made making my 1x1x1 led cube a piece of cake.
that's the point. ;D
we all know that the cake is a lie.
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I hope you make a video on it one day! haha
you don't, know how much I wait for your upcoming videos, I love your videos
+Arpit Sahni Thanks ;-)
+GreatScott! and I
+97Giorgos97 Yes me too!
I'm speak Polisch
me too
Hey Scott, little tip: For straightening the wires I found it usefull to use a power drill: Clamp one end of the wire in the drill, hold the other end with pliers, straighten the wire by pulling with the pliers and give the wire like a few dozens of turns (or more if you like). Result: Wire straight as an arrow and stiffer, too (cause of work hardening). Dont overdo it though, as the wire will be more prone to breaking (also due to work hardening). Give it a try! :)
YOU HAVE THE BEST ELECTRONICS VIDEOS ON RUclips!!!!! U R AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
FINALLY smart LEDs : D i use these for my bike since last year, was thinking when you make a video about them
I'm a new subscriber, and your channel is fast becoming one where I really look forward to new videos. I really like your vlog style. Cheers!
You sir just gained a follower
Those are some very nice Tronex Pliers. Keep up the good work Mr Scoot.
I have no idea how I landed in this video.
But after watching it, now I can't wait to see the second part of it
I think this is a DIY project much nicer than those i've seen around...
Great job Scott!
I don't think I could ever come up with the time, money and dedication to complete this project
Your handwriting is so beautiful!
great video
+Gabriel Leite Thank you
It's about time someone came out with an RGB LED with a controller chip onboard!
thank you I made one of these for my mum, and she loves it :)
truly impressive work Scott.... thank you very much for sharing
Dude, you and the things you make are so god damn cool.
Love your videos!They're awesome!Really inspiring!!
Amazing job! Can't wait to watch Pt 2 and subscribed :)
+Joshua Shriver Thanks mate!
Great video commentary. When I run out of projects I might try this one for fun.
quick tip for arrow straight wire. tie one end to somthing stationary. chuck the other end in a drill, pull it taught and run the drill for a few seconds. the longer the wire the better it turns out.
Straighten the frame wire by clamping one end with pliers or in a vice then put the other end in a drill and pull tension whilst using the drill to twist the wire.
I'm not sure if your wire is strong enough for this method though.
Amazing videos btw, you are very smart. Keep up the good work!
You always inspired me with your videos. Please keep it up, teacher
i love your work bro, keep coming up with the videos.GREAT WORK
I love LED’s too, who doesn’t? 😊👍
lol I love how you speak
I put these wirez in the holez and afterwardz....
But don't get me wrong, you speak english really good, better than me for sure, and I love your videos.
You can cut acrylic much easier .. just place your ruler pick your blade knife and do 3-5 cuts just to hurt the acrylic.. then you can snap it in half ^^ and you go pretty good looking too : ]
at 3:08 , how does that space fit in a 8 mm hole for your schematic? On the right hand side, how does the 0.8mm holes work? Within the 8mm allotted, is it 3mm, then 2mm, then hole, then 2 mm, then 3mm? That adds up 11.6mm within the allotted 8mm for the LED which doesn't make sense.
+GreatScott!
you could easily cut the acrylic glass just with a box cutter. Sharp on both sides along your lines and then brake it at an etch of a table. This looks a much more better then with a dremel.
PS.:
Nice Videos
I always like your LED projects it's super awesome
1.68M subscrbers! Great job!
Great job ! And Thank you for the links in the description :)
good old Scott. learning more and more how to make cliffhangers.
Sick project Man..... Awesome.
These do look awesome, it would fry my brain trying to figure it all out though lol.
Wow, so much work, you are crazy! :)
Cool. An LED cube was already my next project. Though, I think I'll try my hand at a larger cube.
+Glyph This method also works with bigger ones.
+GreatScott! Yeah! I was thinking that I would need to code a /very/ good interface to make coding animations of any complexity feasible. Will look into this FastLED library for sure. I could see this making life much easier!
+GreatScott!
Schönes Projekt! Freue mich schon auf Teil 2.
Gruß aus Niedersachsen
ich find dich einfach nur klasse !
+Frownwarrior Awesome!
Great video as always!
Thankyou!
+GreatScott! I love your video's man! Keep up the good work! :)
To straiten wire you could also use a drill. Put the wire in the drill take the other end with some pliers and rotate the wire with the drill. Will come out perfectly strait. Just make sure you dont use too much force with the plier since it will make the wire snap.
You should try the TabbedBoxMaker extension for inkscape! Makes life easier and works great!
You can straighten the wire by placing one end in a drill and the other is held with pliers. Spin the drill and pull the wire with the pliers and it will be dead straight!
For the germans in the commentsection:
If you don't like the softness of copper wire (bends easily >.>), you can use steel wire. It isn't as solderable, but good enough. Graupner sells straight steel wire. 0.8mm*1000mm costs around 30cents or so.
Which blue tool can be seen in the timeframe 5:58 - 6:07? This looks very usefull. Would be happy if you could share a link here or at least the name from it :)
Thank you for sharing..👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
4x4x4 was much much more complex I like this economic style even more
+MegaSubscribe btw why not using the Jig Board again
@6:13 what wire cutter model is this? Looks sturdy!
awesome content I loved it
looks awesome
you can add a [volt meter] to easily set the voltage
hola, amigo me gustan mucho sus vídeos muchas gracias por compartirlos, desde la linda tierra de Colombia saludos
This is awesome!
Great job. is it possible to design a 3D, RGB-LED with a dimension of 10*10*4 layer? using the same simple tools.
HI I LIKE YOUR VIDEOS ON THIS LED CUBE
can you please help me i love led and i have a project to do it on my motorcycle how can i get in contact with you
and another thing i'm kinda confused dont u need a resistor for every led connected or i can just connect dataoutput to data input and all of them to one resistor?
i was think it should be a parallel circuit but the one in the video i believe is series circuit
good, trying to do it. what is the distance betwin the + and - line of the leds, 2mm or 8mm, in the base SVG is 2mm, but in video , on paper is 8mm. thanks
instead of using acrylic glass as the base, what other materials can I use? would foam boards work?
😮. I work on tube radios. THIS IS OUT OF MY LEAGUE!!!
Your intro music sounds like a Phish song... "You Enjoy Myself" check it out...
@GreatScott! Wenn du Plexiglas Fräsen willst ist es oftmals auch schon hilfreich die Drehzahl runter zu nehmen oder den Maschinen Vorschub zu erhöhen, so dass der Kunststoff nicht zu heiß wird.
Great tutorial, Although those leds are kinda expensive at $50 alone. Can you make some tutorials for cheap yet cool projects?
can I make the distance between the leds smaller?
I only see cubes with that big gaps between the leds.
In my opinion it whould look better if I make a cube 5 by5 cm or 7.5by7.5cm with 5 leds in each row.
Could you please share a link where you bought the acrylic glass?and how much does it costs?
how about a bluetooth soundcard next? battery driven, so you can hook up mic and headphones via 3,5mm jacks and move around freely
I like your videos sir plz send some video to learn about microcontrollers and arduino microcontroller
awesome dude!
Hello Scott, In the tutorial photos, I see a component like a blue resistor soldered to the LED wiring, that is not in the list of components, what is it, is it necessary? Thank you!
it will be better if you paint all the connections of leds with black paint to get perfect view.
Can you do an episode of electronic basics for the quartz ?
great video, can you explain how that leds can be controled by only one pin?
+14feb.bh He did. The LEDs have an integrated circuit in them, which only requires one pin for data.
+Thomas Jakobs thanks!
I ♥ LEDs too!
Hi, I really like the simplicity of this build, but I'd like to go bigger, 8x8x8, would this be possible with the same components? I figure I might need a different resistor and probably a more powerful power supply but other than that I would expect this set-up to just scale up?
Is it worth to build the cube out of diffused rgb leds or does it look as good with clear rgb leds?
Clear ones are much cheaper and i dont want to make them all diffused by hand lol. But diffused rgb leds are way to expensive.
Sir,
All you videos motivate me a lot.
I'm trying to build 8*8*8 single colour LED Cube on my own.
Just wanted to ask you is it possible to create 8*8*8 LED Cube using Arduino Nano and 8 shift registers ?
Thanks 😊
I'm not gonna make this but this looks cool
Hey Scott! Could you look up on the magnet motor engine? To let's say, power up leds? You said you love them, it would be awesome to see if magnets can power up something that you usually build in videos. I dont know if this actually works, but would be nice to try that :) Greetings
Hello GreatScott! I was seeing this video and i saw your breadboard jumpers. And i was wondering. What are they called? i bought some Dupont ones but the plastic part is rectangular and they break easy. The metal contact pin is metal sheet bent to form a pin. I think your are whole pins. What are they called?
Thank you.
di you have a vid on how to make an 6x6x6 led cube?
a Big Like for that I love it
could u also use these leds in a 8x8x8 led cube. or would this introduce timing or code issues?
1:55 best part
Great video.
2 questions:
1) Where do you buy that tinned copper wire?
2) Can I make a bigger cube, lets say 8x8x8, with the same principle?
I'm not german, but i do have a Conrad nearby. Thanks
+Krunoslav Hrastić 1) Look in the description 2) Yes
jesi li ti hrvat
if u do u should spend some serious money!!!
Thank you for making such wonderful videos. Can't wait for part 2 :)
Wow cool
Great video as always, btw for quick glue-ups give a try to a cyano-acrylate glue and activator set. ;]
I find it very hard to find proper documentation, or even just information on how these diodes actually work. It all well and good that there are libraries out there to control them, but how are they actually controlled? And what are the limitations? How many can be daisy chained together, how fast can you push the data, and so on and so forth.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
And of course, thank you for your hard work, that too is appreciated.
there are other videos and references on the interwebs that explain all you are asking for. keep looking.
Well, that's easy to say, but I have kept on looking, and haven't found anything of use, thus your comment does little more than annoy.
+Felix Nielsen bfy.tw/3EjP
That's just trolling. I said I've looked, and I have, and then assuming that I haven't is just being a troll.
If you know something which I don't, please enlighten me, or go find a bridge to hide under.
+Felix Nielsen Jesus H Christ. add the frigging mA together for the load you have to support. figure out how to power the max without burning your microcontroller. and for God's sake, look up multiplexing and charlieplexing.
people are only going to give so many answers. look up videos by Kevin Durrah. watch them 3 or 4 times, come back, then revise your question.
just ordered the parts, but im gonna try to use an esp8266 instead and make it web controllable
Excuse me sir, I started with the led cube project but I got common cathode leds, could u please suggest the circuit required to powee these leds.
Hi thanks for your awesom tutorials, I have ordered 125 diffused common anode 4 pins F5 5mm leds would these work to?
Thanks, love your projects!
freaking amazing !
Is there a website where i can order those acryl boxes in the dimension i want it?
+Zerfallsgesetz you don t need to, acryl is so soft that you can cut it by hand! pro tipp: wear some kind of gloves and have a vacuum cleaner on hand, or your hands and surroundings will get messy :) (gloves only if not cut by hand)
ok thanks^^
+Zerfallsgesetz bitte :D
hey greatScott!! i need ur help!! i have some cellphone cameras lying !! i wanna reuse them!! the phone is totally broken but i have 4 or 5 cameras! I'm not willing to waste them!!! will u come up with any projects related to this!! ? ....
love it !!
If i want to make this project with single color LED, what changes i have to make to the whole circuit? suggestion would be much helpful. :)
woah woah woah. These are addresable led's? that explains everything why my project isn't working x.x
hello great scott i have a question you have in your part list a special kind of LED's can you also use other LED's ?
Can you recomend any online courses to learn programing languge, that arduino uses?
For the led tester what is your code? We want to test our LEDs but are a little lost on the code.
I only know the 2 pin leds 1 anode and 1 catode, whats the difference with this 4 pin
leds?
is there an alternative to soldering that is temporary as i am using the schools equipment and i need to be able to take it apart