Hobby Components 4x4x4 64 LED cube kit (Green)
Description
- LED light cubes are a hugely popular and fun project and with this kit you will have all the parts to build your very own 64 LED cube. The kit has been specifically designed to be easy to build and includes only through-hole components so that even someone with basic soldering skills, a soldering iron and a few simple tools can build it. It comes pre-flashed with 13 animations so is ready to go as soon as its all been soldered together For Arduino users this kit is also Arduino compatible and together with our free Arduino library you can write and upload your own cube animations (requires the Arduino IDE and a USB to serial adapter to upload sketches). This is version 2 of the kit that includes the following changes: * Much bigger measuring 83x83x110mm when fully built * DC socket with USB to DC Jack cable replaces serial cable for powering directly from a 5V USB adapter * ICs are now socketed * Bigger PCB with more spacing between components to easier construction * LED template PCB to make constructing the LED cube easier * Now available with cube LEDs in blue, red, white, green, and pink BUILD GUIDE IS AVAILABLE ON OUR SUPPORT FORUM LIBRARY IS AVAILABLE ON OUR SUPPORT FORUM
Hobby Components 4x4x4 64 LED cube kit (Green)
Reviews
W**9
Just as good in green!
This is the second one I have built, first one was blue. They are very good, especially considering the price.BUT, I have discovered a small design flaw: my blue one worked ok but would flicker now and then, especially on the bottom row of LED’s, also the green one would hardly run at all with the sequences stalling and the later sequences missed all together!!Don’t worry though, I have found the problem: if your power supply is not completely clean it makes the processor do very strange things like outlined above! To cure this I have soldered a 100uF reservoir capacitor across the +5v and GND at the connector - see attached photo. The voltage rating can be anything 10v or above but you want to keep the capacitor as physically small as possible. Remember that an electrolytic capacitor is polarised, so -ve end to GND, and I would put some sleeving over the longer -ve lead to avoid chance of short circuit.This fix solves all the instability problems and would advise that the design be modified to include this.
M**D
Led cube
I've done three of these now and they are really enjoyable to build, so I thought this last one I would build with the purpose of programming the cube myself from the site but I have been unable to fine any help with the coding there which is very disappointing.
M**S
Cracking little kit...
Worked first time. Easy to follow instructions.
M**C
No instructions but good item and price
Nice kit but absolutely no guide or instructions at all
D**S
A lot easier to make than it look!!
Excellent project.Have all three colours nowArrived very quickly, great online support.May move up to the 8x8x8 next
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