Tafarel Yan You are crazy if you write this by hand, of course you don't. There's many programs to make this easier by just clicking the leds you want to light up.
The Musterion Of Rock A friend of mine and I wrote the RGB LED cube code from scratch, although my circuit will also let you use run the code from Nick Schulze (ChipKit UNO32) and Kevin Darrah (Arduino) on the same main board. Honestly, you don't want to use programs to click-and-light on these cubes unless you are creating something like an animated walking man or some other irregular object. It's much easier and faster to code geometric animations by using formulae. If you'd like to learn more about my boards and projects, have a look at www.TheLEDCube.com - you can also order parts kits and the circuit boards. My first cube ever was the project by the author of the above video. I knew nothing of what the Arduino or ATMega32 processors were nor how to code them, but I saw CHR's project, and I had to have one. After success with my hand wired circuit, I saw so many people having so much trouble with building the circuit, I took it upon myself to learn all the ins and outs, and eventually made a PC Board that anyone could solder up in a couple hours to control it. Then came the base board - which meant we could throw out the measuring tapes and all but eliminated all the rest of the wires in the project. I keep going back to his original project to see if people need help understanding or building it. I will always love this thing. CHR seems to have moved on, but he has left behind a legacy that will live on for many years to come I am sure.
It is AWESOME!! Nowadays some people had lost the capacity of enjoy this wonderful things that only a few years ago would have been almost miracles !. Take your time to watch and think about all that is behind the creation of this incredible cube.
Because for every popular video there are people who find it and dislike it in an attempt to balance the ratio of dislikes to likes. If a video has dislikes it means it is popular.
Read the article on Instructables. Whole thing is explained there. You'll only need to get yourself some parts. I'd recommend getting an Arduino to control this beast. Takes some work off your hands in builing a control board and can be connected through USB to program it or to send data to it.
Excelente propuesta. Es muy bueno el vídeo. Yo quisiera saber como obtener el kit completo para armarlo incluyendo el programa para quemarlo en los pics. Gracias por su publicación.
I'm just beginning Arduino and saw, read, reviewed your 4x4 and 8x8. Very CooL. I don't understand but wish to learn and understand the programming for lighting. Can we open some dialogue?
@rlui123 Actually, the link provided says it would cost $67 to make. The only "expensive" part is the LEDs, but if you look at eBay you will find that the Chinese sells a great deal of them for very low prices.
At least prior to the patent reform last year, the US was on the first to invent system. In that system, whoever released the first documentation of the invention had the rights to the technology and that prevented others from swooping in and patenting others' inventions. With the reform, it is first to file; however, in most first to file systems, you need to file the patent within a year of the original prior art. Anyways, prior ART is also very important in considering if you can patent.
i made it and its right net to me i feel really proud your design is great by the way
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RGB leds are a bit expensive (especially in this amount) and complex to control (basically x3 LEDs) bit it would be very interesting with multicolor mode :) But for sure, it's nice too. Nice work.
So what happens when a led in the middle burns out! lol great project though I would love to make one if I had 512 leds lieing around! Is it controlled by an arduino or directly connected to a computer?
Now what would be cool, is if it was able to be used as a 3D visualize to display peaks in the wavelengths of music noise. (Or basically a 3D VU meter).
@TreeOfLifeTunes im making one of these now.. if it goes well the 3D snakes can be acomplished with one d-pad or analog stick.. the 4 directions would control your movement on the x and z axis, then you angle the controller up to activate the tilt sensor, which would change the UP and DOWN keys to effect the y axis. i think itll work, just need to stop being lazy and try it
a good idea in theory but the wiring for each cluster would obscure the lights behind it. but when transparent conductors become common place it just might be doable :)
It all connects to the arduino rather easily through either soldering or a breadboard. The programming is just a matter of playing with an array to light them in different shapes, alternatively you could just make a virtual representation and try it on that before uploading to the actual board. So, to make this one off prototype, for me, $67 is very believable. The price would creep up slightly if you had nothing, but nowhere near as much as you said.
@rlui123 I just bought 4000 LEDs for less than $60, so LED price is not an issue. MCUs are cheap (< $5 ), robot work is cheap (< $10 ), Vacuum formed stand < $2, the software is already available... Throw in another $30 for transportation etc. = $100 max even after your 2x markup. What would you pay for something like this?
buddy please tell me that what is the voltage rating of LEDs which you are using for this cube?? are those of 5 volts capacity? its urgent because i m this in my engineering project...please reply soon
@rlui123 If you cared to read the instructions, the budget for the whole thing had been around $70 => A market price of max $300 could make everyone happy.
Hello, I just finished assembling of 5x5x5 LED cube based on DM13A drivers, and now want to build the biggest one with RGB LEDs. As I see, practically all projects with big led cubes based on 74hc595 registers. Why do you use them? Using DM13A requires less resistors and work on assembling. Or there is some problems with using it in big cube? Thank you for the answer!
Imagine making this out of RGB LEDs instead. You could render a tiny voxel model with it, using each voxel's color as your LED's. Or if you have enough money, time and devotion, you could go for 128^3.
hey everyone just wondering if you could point me in the right direction for the resistance for the pull up resistors on the avr board (transistor array) , i cant find any clear info on the instructables page. much appreciated and very nice build CHR =))
I can't imagine myself having patience to write this code!
Tafarel Yan 24 pages of C++ my friend actually did this xD
Machina Swer WOW !
Machina Swer 24 pages doesn't mean much. How many lines of code?
Tafarel Yan You are crazy if you write this by hand, of course you don't. There's many programs to make this easier by just clicking the leds you want to light up.
The Musterion Of Rock A friend of mine and I wrote the RGB LED cube code from scratch, although my circuit will also let you use run the code from Nick Schulze (ChipKit UNO32) and Kevin Darrah (Arduino) on the same main board. Honestly, you don't want to use programs to click-and-light on these cubes unless you are creating something like an animated walking man or some other irregular object. It's much easier and faster to code geometric animations by using formulae. If you'd like to learn more about my boards and projects, have a look at www.TheLEDCube.com - you can also order parts kits and the circuit boards.
My first cube ever was the project by the author of the above video. I knew nothing of what the Arduino or ATMega32 processors were nor how to code them, but I saw CHR's project, and I had to have one. After success with my hand wired circuit, I saw so many people having so much trouble with building the circuit, I took it upon myself to learn all the ins and outs, and eventually made a PC Board that anyone could solder up in a couple hours to control it. Then came the base board - which meant we could throw out the measuring tapes and all but eliminated all the rest of the wires in the project. I keep going back to his original project to see if people need help understanding or building it. I will always love this thing. CHR seems to have moved on, but he has left behind a legacy that will live on for many years to come I am sure.
It is AWESOME!! Nowadays some people had lost the capacity of enjoy this wonderful things that only a few years ago would have been almost miracles !. Take your time to watch and think about all that is behind the creation of this incredible cube.
How about using it to play "snake"
This simply amazing from the build, IC's used and the coding. Can't imagine how hard it is to code.
i just bought one. im currently trying to figure out wtf im doing
This is one of those uploads that you think you'll only watch a few seconds of, and it ends before you realize you've been hypnotized by it.
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That's pretty cool! What you're seeing is basically a model of microprocessor with the LED's representing the individual transistors.
Now make a 3d snake game with that!
Jibs awesome idea 😂😂
I find this to be almost hypnotic. I would love to have one that actually syncs to the music too.
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+Dick Trickel Yeah, they went down a long time ago.
same
same
Very well done cube. Your sketch (or whatever you call your program) is spectacular.
Thats a long program
I remember this video when it was brand new. Still wish I could buy one of these!
Why is there 158 Dislikes?
You know, there people who doesn't know how magical this could be :D
Jealousy is a terrible thing
Because he plays music and the cube doesn't match the beat......
I'm guessing ... the incredibly shit music ?
Because for every popular video there are people who find it and dislike it in an attempt to balance the ratio of dislikes to likes. If a video has dislikes it means it is popular.
Read the article on Instructables. Whole thing is explained there. You'll only need to get yourself some parts. I'd recommend getting an Arduino to control this beast. Takes some work off your hands in builing a control board and can be connected through USB to program it or to send data to it.
SHUT UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND TAKE MY MONEY!!!!!!!!!!!!.....
Thanks! I've just started my own 8x8x8 cube with 3mm LEDs. I went for 28 mm spacing, I guess that should be fine then.
Excelente propuesta. Es muy bueno el vídeo. Yo quisiera saber como obtener el kit completo para armarlo incluyendo el programa para quemarlo en los pics. Gracias por su publicación.
this is awesome... is this the only pattern it can do or does it feed off the music itself
Totally mindblowing and beautiful. Nice choice of music bed, too.
I'm just beginning Arduino and saw, read, reviewed your 4x4 and 8x8. Very CooL. I don't understand but wish to learn and understand the programming for lighting. Can we open some dialogue?
Could you tell me how you made your visuals? Dod you code it by hand, or make up with some kind of algorythm to translate normal 3d graphics?
@rlui123 Actually, the link provided says it would cost $67 to make. The only "expensive" part is the LEDs, but if you look at eBay you will find that the Chinese sells a great deal of them for very low prices.
At least prior to the patent reform last year, the US was on the first to invent system. In that system, whoever released the first documentation of the invention had the rights to the technology and that prevented others from swooping in and patenting others' inventions.
With the reform, it is first to file; however, in most first to file systems, you need to file the patent within a year of the original prior art.
Anyways, prior ART is also very important in considering if you can patent.
WOW. thats sick... I want one. Why aren't these sold on the market?????
Emazing lights has a pre assembled LED cube online.. Along with light gloves and what not
i made it and its right net to me i feel really proud
your design is great by the way
RGB leds are a bit expensive (especially in this amount) and complex to control (basically x3 LEDs) bit it would be very interesting with multicolor mode :) But for sure, it's nice too. Nice work.
to make this u have to be a genius and infinitely patient
So what happens when a led in the middle burns out! lol great project though I would love to make one if I had 512 leds lieing around! Is it controlled by an arduino or directly connected to a computer?
Awesome! I would love to see it done with tri color less.
Now what would be cool, is if it was able to be used as a 3D visualize to display peaks in the wavelengths of music noise. (Or basically a 3D VU meter).
@diegoballar Probably the same thing a painting is used for. It looks good.
Nice one , I would like to Buy one -What is the price ?
Wold be thankful if you can please describe on how to design it
Regards
A whole world of want!
Definately added to my future projects list.
I don't understand what there is to dislike about this. Could one of the 76 please let me know.
Nice video. so beautiful and amazing presentation. Done everything. Thank you for sharing. more upload. Hope to see you soon
@TreeOfLifeTunes im making one of these now.. if it goes well the 3D snakes can be acomplished with one d-pad or analog stick.. the 4 directions would control your movement on the x and z axis, then you angle the controller up to activate the tilt sensor, which would change the UP and DOWN keys to effect the y axis. i think itll work, just need to stop being lazy and try it
circuit boards and cube assemble instructions here:
go to the "instructables" website and look up CHRs-8X8X8-LED-Cube-Revisited-with-improvements
a good idea in theory but the wiring for each cluster would obscure the lights behind it. but when transparent conductors become common place it just might be doable :)
I throw my like towards you, Sir. You deserve it!
It all connects to the arduino rather easily through either soldering or a breadboard. The programming is just a matter of playing with an array to light them in different shapes, alternatively you could just make a virtual representation and try it on that before uploading to the actual board.
So, to make this one off prototype, for me, $67 is very believable. The price would creep up slightly if you had nothing, but nowhere near as much as you said.
Great job!! I bet it took a month just to wire the LEDs in a cube... Let alone wiring the cube to the rest of the circuit.
@VolcanoTV5 youre not too far off...its essentially going to be...but wicked smaller lights and wicked smaller everything else too
Dan that's better than a light show!
Amazing. great work.
I want it. where do get it please.
www.instructables.com/id/CHRs-8X8X8-LED-Cube-Revisited-with-improvements/
elegante hermano muy buen trabajo. me podría decir como se llama la música de fondo , le agradecería mucho gracias.........
This is awesome guys! You inspired me to build my own
The song absorb project homeless
Thanks! ;)
I was planning to do a 8x8x8, RGB cube. Only thinking on the humungous amount of cables needed gives me a headache.
@rlui123 I just bought 4000 LEDs for less than $60, so LED price is not an issue. MCUs are cheap (< $5 ), robot work is cheap (< $10 ), Vacuum formed stand < $2, the software is already available... Throw in another $30 for transportation etc. = $100 max even after your 2x markup. What would you pay for something like this?
Hmmm... I can see this also feasible in sphere form... really would love to get one of those in rgb leds...
It shows that the imagination can do cool things. Can't wait to see where our imaginations take us tomorrow.
One is sold at ebay-kleinanzeigen with remote, programmable and with colour, but is it worth 479 Euro?
No!
Holy cow! How long does it take to solder all those LEDs together?
I just finished mine and it probably took 5-6 hours not including time to remove the one dead led I managed to miss right in the middle
Assuming you use 3 mm LEDs, what's the optimal distance between two LEDs so that the cube is not too crowded but not too empty either?
Great construction and music
this is great! how much?
Awesome, I like the fireworks the best. I would love to see something like this 100x's this size.
Pretty sure that A light emitting diode, unlike lightbulbs, don't burn out. These are so awesome though, I really want one lol.
Plus RGB LEDs have 4 pins on each. So that's would be 4 billion pins to solder
Question: Are the animations music-coordinated? Or did the song just happen to be in sync with the animations?
buddy please tell me that what is the voltage rating of LEDs which you are using for this cube?? are those of 5 volts capacity?
its urgent because i m this in my engineering project...please reply soon
Imagine a stunning if you can do a great size for example a length of 10 meters will dispense with the time for fireworks nice work
What is being shown between 7 and 25 seconds?
Is it some sort of trig function? I'd like to put this on my cube.
no amigo eso no se quema!!! siempre y cuando tenga su voltaje constante de corriente de 3v, dc x cada led
hi this very good your bucket but I ask you a question that is the base material in this? and to serve you?? I hope your answer thanks
@rlui123 the sores dont buy the lights for 0.50 cents, they get them much cheaper at bulk prices.
The fireworks part is especially awesome :3
yeah ! i wanna buy this !
how much will it cost ???
This looks absolutely amazing
Hola amigo, soy de Puebla, México y me interesa mucho tu proyecto, me preguntaba si lo vendes?? y en cuanto??
Easier said than done. It's not so much the pain in the ass of assembling it, As it is to program all those sequences for a resolution that large.
Would love to the light change synced to music, affected by an eq to create the ultimate visualised!
@rlui123 If you cared to read the instructions, the budget for the whole thing had been around $70 => A market price of max $300 could make everyone happy.
awesome i want one of those can i buy it?
I wish I had one of these as a teenager. Could stare at it for hours.
Hello, I just finished assembling of 5x5x5 LED cube based on DM13A drivers, and now want to build the biggest one with RGB LEDs. As I see, practically all projects with big led cubes based on 74hc595 registers. Why do you use them? Using DM13A requires less resistors and work on assembling. Or there is some problems with using it in big cube?
Thank you for the answer!
Bro one help I hav completed fully but it golwed only for two days then it didn't work...can u say where the falt wil be?
Really cool. Would be even cooler surrounded by black!
wuuaaa!!!! esta super quisiera uno...por que no hacen para vender y los importan a México yo seria su primer comprador
I want this as my next Christmas indoor decor. :D
Imagine making this out of RGB LEDs instead. You could render a tiny voxel model with it, using each voxel's color as your LED's. Or if you have enough money, time and devotion, you could go for 128^3.
It has its own computer built in. The computer is an "Arduino," which is much used by robot geeks and others.
Muito Show, O código pra gerar essas interações deve ser monstruoso. parabens
Cool what programing did u use
this is a reeeeaaaaally cool cube but i begin with an small 3x3x3 cube for getting started with led cubes and programming
really nice work! I used some of the effects at my own cube
awesome programing the effects man
It would also be nice if the proposed LED's were massless so you could pass through them and interact with the future of "tv"
If u know zurich main station xD there is a 500x500x75 Light Bulbs cube ( energy efficient?) its amazing to write something on it
sup bro, you might put some mirrors around LED cube, that would be awesome
Собираю такой же, на данном этапе пока едут детали пишу прогу..., а вообще мне нравиться просто супер!!!!!!
Gasp! That is just ridiculously cool.
Want to see tri-colour LED's next!
hey everyone just wondering if you could point me in the right direction for the resistance for the pull up resistors on the avr board (transistor array) , i cant find any clear info on the instructables page. much appreciated and very nice build CHR =))
That's awesome if you sold those everyone would want one
does it vary on the amount of voltage going through them?
I am quite curious...
@Valca000
Its probally multiplexed, google it!