Assembled LED Cube Recommendation

[Dman777]

I have a 4x4x4 LED cube that I bought about 7 years ago. It's cool, but it doesn't have cool effects that I see in today's youtube videos like the rain effect. Can anyone recommend a 4x4x4 or 8x8x8 RGB led cube that has cool effects like rain? Also I am looking for having it programmable easily with presets. 

[Nicholas Stock]

https://lookingglassfactory.com/product/l3d-cube/

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On Aug 29, 2018, at 19:50, Dman777 <darin....@gmail.com> wrote:

I have a 4x4x4 LED cube that I bought about 7 years ago. It's cool, but it doesn't have cool effects that I see in today's youtube videos like the rain effect. Can anyone recommend a 4x4x4 or 8x8x8 RGB led cube that has cool effects like rain? Also I am looking for having it programmable easily with presets. 

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[Darin Hensley]

Thanks, that's exactly what I'm looking for.

 Except there's one issue... I like the normal LEDs and that Cube looks like it has small squares for LEDs instead. Am I seeing that correctly?

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[Nicholas Stock]

Yes, but in person it looks great. And you can upload new ‘sketches’ to it via a web portal or even write your own animations etc....

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[Mike Mitchell]

I've used this UNO shield:

http://store.linksprite.com/8x8x8-rgb-led-cube-shield/

When I bought mine they came assembled.  Looks like it is a kit now.

I had to write all the Arduino code to drive it.  I just have it randomly display a pattern, though every minute it scrolls the time and date across the face of the cube.

[Dman777]

I am not familiar with those square Leds... are they better than normal leds? Or not as good as normal leds? When I say normal leds, I mean the leds that are used on the hypnocube http://hypnocube.com/products/4cube/4cube/

[Tony]

They are RGB LEDs with an onboard shift register/controller meaning
they can be connected as a series string using just 4 wires.
Instead of a 3-dimensional soldering nightmare you just need say 64
vertical strings of 8 LEDs. Drivers are simplified as they can be
connected directly to a microcintroller port pin. They're also
available in a standard 5mm resin lens leaded package but not as easy
to find.
That is a very neat cube.

Tony..

On Thu, 30 Aug 2018 19:11:24 -0700 (PDT), you wrote:

>I am not familiar with those square Leds... are they better than normal
>leds? Or not as good as normal leds? When I say normal leds, I mean the
>leds that are used on the
>hypnocube http://hypnocube.com/products/4cube/4cube/
>
>On Thursday, August 30, 2018 at 12:35:24 AM UTC-5, Pramanicin wrote:
>>
>> Yes, but in person it looks great. And you can upload new ‘sketches’ to it
>> via a web portal or even write your own animations etc....
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Aug 29, 2018, at 22:18, Darin Hensley <darin....@gmail.com

>> <javascript:>> wrote:
>>
>> Thanks, that's exactly what I'm looking for.
>>
>> Except there's one issue... I like the normal LEDs and that Cube looks
>> like it has small squares for LEDs instead. Am I seeing that correctly?
>>
>> Sent From Samsung S7
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 29, 2018, 9:52 PM Nicholas Stock <nick...@gmail.com
>> <javascript:>> wrote:
>>
>>> https://lookingglassfactory.com/product/l3d-cube/
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
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>>> On Aug 29, 2018, at 19:50, Dman777 <darin....@gmail.com <javascript:>>

>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I have a 4x4x4 LED cube that I bought about 7 years ago. It's cool, but
>>> it doesn't have cool effects that I see in today's youtube videos like the
>>> rain effect. Can anyone recommend a 4x4x4 or 8x8x8 RGB led cube that has
>>> cool effects like rain? Also I am looking for having it programmable easily
>>> with presets.
>>>
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[Mitch]

I bought this kit, but I have not yet assembled it. The advantage to it is that it's built in layers that plug together, so replacing a bad LED won't be a nightmare.

https://www.tindie.com/products/Nick64/jollicube---8x8x8-led-cube-spi-diy-kit/

[Nicholas Stock]

Tony hit the nail on the head...this cube uses addressable vertical strips of 8 LEDs that plug into a master board (with a Photon on it). If one LED goes duff, you just change one strip.

http://www.cubetube.org/

The link shows you all the different kind of displays you can upload via the web...

I built a 5x5x5 cube once from LED's....was an effing nightmare to solder together....the people who put the 10x10x10 by hand need their heads read....;-)

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