I'm currently working on something similiar. Only monochromatic (red) tho, but 64x36 pixels, so total of something like 2304 holes. I originally planned to use black acryllic and drill it using stand drill, but after like 200 holes i gave up, split the panel in half, put it into my CNC and let it drill it for me. It took like 6 or 7 hours, but holes are almost perfectly straight, perfectly aligned. I did broke it obviously, putting 2000 holes into accryllic makes it really fragile, but nothing few drops of super glue couldn't fix. Currently, i'm building drivers for it, and hopefully by summer i'll be finished. This is very nice project to inspire from, and it looks amazing! Great job, thanks YT reccomendations, you earned a new sub! :)
@@DS1JohnB That's what I was thinking. Can always make holes bigger lol. Buuuuut he did have some pretty specific measurements to stick to because of the ping-pong balls.
You should add some thin black plastic strips inbetween the balls to stop the light bleeding. That would help with the contrast i reckon. Amazing work as always!
I agree about the light bleed. I would have sectioned it all off into individual squares around each LED and then simply placed one sheet of white plastic over it all......hey presto......you've got a dazzling light panel.
that moment when you finish drilling was priceless and then when you checked for continuity between vdd and ground and heard a beep , many thanks for the upload
Cool project! You definitely deserve some respect for finishing this build... Many people would have given up when they realized the actual amount of work required.
So awesome!!! Great job! We are wanting to build a similar panel but extra large for our band to take on stage. We want to be able to use multicolor LEDs and feed full color MP4 videos to it. Do you know any software/hardware solutions? Could we hire you to consult? -Matt in Portland
You have so many fun ideas! I made this but only used 150 leds. Got the balls too but decided to use some magnifying plastic sheet from an old tv instead. It makes it look like there are 4 leds in one hole. Cool effect. I used wood for the panel.
"Bitluni's Lab - Using the right tools for the right job since 2013" :D The woodworking part made me spill my coffee :D Great, funny video and a nice project as usual!
When you came out with the chainsaw, it was then I knew I needed to subscribe, because this guy is gonna be unstoppable. No stunt doubles, real action, real pain. Authentic as it gets! Look forward to more!
@@Livingstonshoedios hm that would mean a massive hardwood Board which ist destroyed after Drilling it to pieces o.o i think The Angle grinder solution He mentioned in The Video would be The easiest and cheapest solution :) thanks Form pointing Out what He meant xD got him wrong at that o/
@Robert Livingston or Using a better Drill which Cuts better ... Which means He doesnt have to use high pressure Like He did and force the Material to "Bend" ... Maybe slowing The Drilling a Bit down and adding More Fluid... Its a Trial and error i guess The result in The end is still awesome :)
I've drilled A LOT OF HOLES in my earlier days and that was A LOT OF WORK, but this, my friend, looks like far more work and A LOT LESS FUN!!!!! Good vid!!
I've about a 150 in a box, made a slow colour changing led using 7 balls but had to buy lots to get them without writing g on them. I also found that sanding the LEDs defuses the light better.
Looks great. You made me want to make this in a large scale, covering an entire wall. I wonder if it could be done in a honeycomb pattern, mainly because (I assume) all the LED control libraries assume a regular matrix arrangement.
Considering how you used a chainsaw to cut that piece of wood, I'm surprised you didn't build a nuclear power plant in place of the power supply for this project.
Great video! It is good to see someone with normal tools and construction skills make such a nice project. Definitely going to check out some more of your stuff! You sawing that wood was hilarious, hold the wood down on the side supported by the pallet then cut lol
Nice work! I really need to do something like that. FYI, at 0:54 -- you mean safety, not security. (The German word "Sicherheit" translates to at least three different words in English: "safety" is protection against injury, "security" is protection against attack/intrusion/theft/crime, and "confidence" means trust/sureness. If I had to come up with German words to describe these three concepts, I'd say "Unfallschutz", "Angriffsschutz", and "Überzeugung/Vertrauen", respectively.)
1 You should NEVER be allowed around power tools lol. 2 You are very informative,and funny. I always give up on these videos,but your humor kept me here. 3 Looks amazing, good job. 4 MOST IMPORTANT -- Get a workbench ffs hahahha. New sub here, loved the video. Thanks.
very successful I also want to do but I understood the reason of linking the tip in the lede connections but could not understand where the + tip connects help?
This is a very interesting and cheap way of achieving diffusion. I have two further questions: - Do you think it would be a good idea to cut the ping pong balls in half before glueing them above the LEDs? Im not sure if they are easy to cut with a hot wire, but I think this could reduce the thickness of the pannel. - How much of the brightness is actually lost when covering the LEDs with the balls? I'm thinking about a project where I actually want to illuminate a room with about 300 LEDs which are more spread out then in your project, and diffusion would be nice but I don't want to loose too much light.
noob question... but at 6:39, what kind of data line is that? Also, how do you program the chip? Like, how do you put the code from the computer on to there?
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4:59 for fantastic paint effect!
I'm currently working on something similiar. Only monochromatic (red) tho, but 64x36 pixels, so total of something like 2304 holes. I originally planned to use black acryllic and drill it using stand drill, but after like 200 holes i gave up, split the panel in half, put it into my CNC and let it drill it for me. It took like 6 or 7 hours, but holes are almost perfectly straight, perfectly aligned. I did broke it obviously, putting 2000 holes into accryllic makes it really fragile, but nothing few drops of super glue couldn't fix. Currently, i'm building drivers for it, and hopefully by summer i'll be finished. This is very nice project to inspire from, and it looks amazing! Great job, thanks YT reccomendations, you earned a new sub! :)
did you finish your project? can arduinio handle 2000 led lights?
"Thumbs up" for drilling all those holes
r/suspiciousquotes
@ "id just melt holes with soldering iron" did you even watch the video smart guy?
@ he literally did it with a soldering iron wtf
@@iamthetinkerman I would use a peg board.
@@DS1JohnB That's what I was thinking. Can always make holes bigger lol. Buuuuut he did have some pretty specific measurements to stick to because of the ping-pong balls.
You should add some thin black plastic strips inbetween the balls to stop the light bleeding. That would help with the contrast i reckon.
Amazing work as always!
@Peter Unlustig for 24h I'd say it's pretty darn good
I agree about the light bleed. I would have sectioned it all off into individual squares around each LED and then simply placed one sheet of white plastic over it all......hey presto......you've got a dazzling light panel.
I liked how happy you were when you celebrated and that you enjoy your work. I think I will attempt to do this as well.
This man really knows how to use music, I love it. Just by the music you know if it is going well or not without even looking
that moment when you finish drilling was priceless and then when you checked for continuity between vdd and ground and heard a beep , many thanks for the upload
Cool project! You definitely deserve some respect for finishing this build... Many people would have given up when they realized the actual amount of work required.
So awesome!!! Great job! We are wanting to build a similar panel but extra large for our band to take on stage. We want to be able to use multicolor LEDs and feed full color MP4 videos to it. Do you know any software/hardware solutions? Could we hire you to consult? -Matt in Portland
Your joy finishing drilling the steel was fantastic! Loved it!!!
The best thing about this Video is, how happy he is!
You have so many fun ideas! I made this but only used 150 leds. Got the balls too but decided to use some magnifying plastic sheet from an old tv instead. It makes it look like there are 4 leds in one hole. Cool effect. I used wood for the panel.
I went overboard with this. 800 leds and balls.
"Bitluni's Lab - Using the right tools for the right job since 2013" :D
The woodworking part made me spill my coffee :D Great, funny video and a nice project as usual!
Thanks!
When you came out with the chainsaw, it was then I knew I needed to subscribe, because this guy is gonna be unstoppable. No stunt doubles, real action, real pain. Authentic as it gets! Look forward to more!
Dude, you would find drilling the holes much easier if you put some spare wood underneath to stop the steel bending from the pressure of the drill!
uuuhm 3:20 ? seen that ? lul
@@Livingstonshoedios hm that would mean a massive hardwood Board which ist destroyed after Drilling it to pieces o.o i think The Angle grinder solution He mentioned in The Video would be The easiest and cheapest solution :) thanks Form pointing Out what He meant xD got him wrong at that o/
@Robert Livingston or Using a better Drill which Cuts better ... Which means He doesnt have to use high pressure Like He did and force the Material to "Bend" ... Maybe slowing The Drilling a Bit down and adding More Fluid... Its a Trial and error i guess The result in The end is still awesome :)
@@Max.Mustermann. Yeah, just a normal drill with the right diameter
And getting a proper drill bit
I've drilled A LOT OF HOLES in my earlier days and that was A LOT OF WORK, but this, my friend, looks like far more work and A LOT LESS FUN!!!!! Good vid!!
This was in my recommended. It's amazing. The level of work you put into this video is great. You earned yourself a subscriber.
Are you saying that you have 300 ping pong balls laying around in your electronics lab? :D
you dont? :O weirdo! :D
I thought most people had a closet filled of them. I sure do.
Thankfully I'm moving to bigger lab and I will have space for such an important addition to my workshop. How many of these should I buy? :)
I've about a 150 in a box, made a slow colour changing led using 7 balls but had to buy lots to get them without writing g on them. I also found that sanding the LEDs defuses the light better.
He lives next door to Captain Kangaroo.
What is your POWER SUPPLY?? Good idea this video
Paint the bottom part of the ball half way and paint it silver and then black. It will improve your contrast and brightness. Nice project. Cheers!
The elation you feel when it works is priceless
That's amazing! I'm really impressed you managed to make that in 24 hours!
Looks great. You made me want to make this in a large scale, covering an entire wall.
I wonder if it could be done in a honeycomb pattern, mainly because (I assume) all the LED control libraries assume a regular matrix arrangement.
Amazing! I never see a project like this before, I definitely want to build one!
You make not only a great LED matrix wall, but an awesome video!
Considering how you used a chainsaw to cut that piece of wood, I'm surprised you didn't build a nuclear power plant in place of the power supply for this project.
nice one, i was just lurking through the video, but this moment caught my attention :D
This video was very satisfying to watch!
The happiness of making something is priceless!
Holey crap man! I cant believe you drilled all those holes, what a big project, it looks amazing in the end though :)
Nice after you drilled the second row and the music I found it very relaxing and therapeutic Thanks I will put it on a loop
Man, it takes a lot of balls to do something like this! Well done. :)
John Aldred I appreciate this joke
Im glad to see other makers using hte wago lever nuts. they're awesome.
I've been waiting for a video exactly like this LED wall since two years ago...! Thank You!
The pingpong ball trick is also used in DIY mocap devices and VR systems. Turned out great.
This video took me right back to the 8 x 8 x 8 led matrix project, soooo much soldering, I should really finish that lol!
Great video! It is good to see someone with normal tools and construction skills make such a nice project. Definitely going to check out some more of your stuff! You sawing that wood was hilarious, hold the wood down on the side supported by the pallet then cut lol
I built some nightlights for my bed almost 20 years ago with Christmas lights and some ping pong balls for diffusers. Works great.
Did you really just use one drill bit for those holes? Impressive quality if so.
The real mvp is that drill battery.
That turned out brilliantly
Nice work! I really need to do something like that.
FYI, at 0:54 -- you mean safety, not security. (The German word "Sicherheit" translates to at least three different words in English: "safety" is protection against injury, "security" is protection against attack/intrusion/theft/crime, and "confidence" means trust/sureness. If I had to come up with German words to describe these three concepts, I'd say "Unfallschutz", "Angriffsschutz", and "Überzeugung/Vertrauen", respectively.)
You can use an angle grinder to cut straight easily and the sparks wont set anything on fire except flammable liquids
Somebody get this man a CNC, great job!
Oh man , so much work. I'm wondering if those metal square hole 30mm apart pegboards will do?
Very cool video... I like your funny style in combination with a top quality video.
Yeah these kind of things used to be really popular back in the 90s. You could program it to display messages and other funky visual displays
Great project ! But , сan we connect the panel to the powerbank?
The Hacker in me is clapping like a seal, the cabinet maker in me is crying.
1 You should NEVER be allowed around power tools lol.
2 You are very informative,and funny. I always give up on these videos,but your humor kept me here.
3 Looks amazing, good job.
4 MOST IMPORTANT -- Get a workbench ffs hahahha.
New sub here, loved the video. Thanks.
Bro, How can i modify this code to drive a 10×10 matrix??
very successful I also want to do but I understood the reason of linking the tip in the lede connections but could not understand where the + tip connects help?
What an awesome result! Wow!
his reactions are as if he's a sims that can talk
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Kudos to you for drilling 300 holes with a hand drill and battery at that.
Oh hi! I talked to you at the Maker Faire in Berlin because of the power problem I had with my mate light. Well this world is small :D
I like this because it’s just like most people will do it. With what they have and no Worksop etc
Wow, looks awesome and very very well readable in even bright environments...
Carbide drill bits would really help you, not sure if they make them that large tho
I gotta good laugh > Love your work and your humor definitely a good job for those stay at home dads
I got to see it @ Berlin MakerFaire. Seeing it with my own eyes and without a camera: Wow. Impressive.
just wanted to point out that there is steel perf sheets that could probably be used in this
really awesome build
This is a very interesting and cheap way of achieving diffusion. I have two further questions:
- Do you think it would be a good idea to cut the ping pong balls in half before glueing them above the LEDs? Im not sure if they are easy to cut with a hot wire, but I think this could reduce the thickness of the pannel.
- How much of the brightness is actually lost when covering the LEDs with the balls? I'm thinking about a project where I actually want to illuminate a room with about 300 LEDs which are more spread out then in your project, and diffusion would be nice but I don't want to loose too much light.
How about perfboard? That's got the holes in it already. Just a thought. But what you did looks great, man!
OMG this is the best DIY Ever Seen.
You're mad, in the best of ways
why do you use respirator for drilling holes into steel plate mate ? :D
your a genius ! amazing work !
Use a Punch Die Cutter for the holes. It leaves a smoother edge and saves time. It's also cheaper than a buying a bunch of drill bits.
About huw much would this cost
This is sooo cool but please how many amps needed for the powersupply?
Amazing idea! Are you at all considered about the flammability of ping pong balls? Or are the ones you used made of some other material?
For the drilling you could have had this laser cut or something, it's cheap if you consider the time saved
What was the total Cost then?
Very cool! How did you affix the balls to the board though?
noob question... but at 6:39, what kind of data line is that?
Also, how do you program the chip? Like, how do you put the code from the computer on to there?
Where did you buy the "controller" and powersuply?
Awesome. I particularly enjoyed the 'Ach Scheisse' moments. It gives it a human touch :)
what is the power supply used in this project?
2:21 what is that liquid you are using, and what does it do
did you put black card between the ping pong balls ?
Dieser "Hahah" Moment... unbezahlbar. Hab mitgefiebert!
Cool cool project!!! Loved your outdoor work bench too buddy!!! Haha brilliant!! Time to go buy more pingpong balls!
Yes I'm waiting to see a video on the making of that ankle height flexi-workbench - and what he did with the other half of the pallet!
Amigo si yo quisiera agregar unir otra matriz a ese diseño como lo podría hacer?
Next week...more resolution with 11 more of those panels for a great outdoor display!
would have to automate the building process a bit more :-D
thats brilliant man, would like to make something like this myself.
Could you just seal the lights in a clear gel resin?
Congratulations for your lights project, you are very creative. Best regards.
good vid , but if you had a powered mitre saw, but he made up time on the drilling.. world record!! great job!!
I love your thumnail dude
how did you make those connections on the power supply? or did you buy it like that? if so where can i buy one?
how do you control all your leds ? with a program maybe ??
Super Projekt.....wäre es möglich die genauen Maße der Platte und für die Abstände der Löcher zu bekommen :-D
Really worth it ! Good work
Wow, looks cool! Thank you for sharing.
Is it possible to make a video wall in a hexagon shape? This would mean a different number of leds in each row. It this possible?
Are you going to go to the Maler Faire in Hannover too?
Why didn't you use coroplast. It cheap, easy, and you can get it precut.
Excellent... Enjoyed every bit of the video... 👌
For Nice animations you have to check the programs: jinx and Glediator out.