led cube 8x8x8 - building it

[edwardsaladhands]

hi i was wondering if u could do a tutorial on how to make it as theres just not enough words 2 exspain how to do this project well not 4 me anyways lol it would be well appriciated.cheers

[L2BGnoob]

Hey , I'm really keen on making this but where do I get 512 l.e.d's? how much will it cost?

[agofi]

@L2BGnoob ebay is your friend.... with 50 euros you can get 500 leds

[L2BGnoob]

@agofi Oh true. thank you very much.

[daweseyco1]

anyone know where i can get additional sequences for this? i built the cube but i only have the samples. or perhaps someone can direct me to the software to program my own sequences, that would be cool

[renekenshin6573]

I made a 4x4x4 led cube with PIC 877a, i must say wiring those led's is a pain in the ass XD

[tummiturbi]

Lavoro molto interessante, complimenti.Io dovrei realizzare un'animazione più semplice, bidimensionale. Non è che mi puoi dare qualche consiglio? Andrea

andrcasu@yahoo.it

[Jason11189]

oh dude lol 8x8x8? how long did this take yeah? >_<!!!

[Pavouk106]

Hey, IDE cables :-) And I thought they are good for nothing in these times :-)

[S00rabh]

I do not get it..

how can you make each LED blink individually when they are in Parallel..???

Please explain..

[agofi]

@S00rabh there is the link with the istructions for build it. See it!

[Durkadurka1995]

@S00rabh multiplexing!!!

[Shkvarka]

@S00rabh its very easy if you use shift register, like author of this video did. google it: shift register 595 or "arduino more outputs shift register"

[kjun13]

@S00rabh it's multiplexing.  You power an entire deck, but only ground one pillar. Then only one LED will get a complete circuit and light up.

[xasdrubalex]

@S00rabh it uses persistence of vision, human eye have a well known "refresh" rate frequency f=1/T (T lapse), so during the lapse time you can switch on or off leds as you wish and your eyes will see them lighten up togheter.

i think this is the right answer to your question.

[VALKIR4636]

awesome sauce!

[b9robot01]

I have made a copy of your cube but using VB 2008 i can not get the code to work. Could you please help me

[agofi]

@b9robot01 I've used VB6 for developing it.. Maybe in VB2008 there aren't some libraries..

[stevonr]

whats the reason for using 9 microprocessors? and what are the transistors running to? this is a field i know very little in but i want to learn.

[cypher1313]

They're not microprocessors, they're shift registers. Its very difficult to explain in 500 characters, so just google.

[zaxarimealati]

Are you using LPT port ? I would like to build one using LPT port .