Making Infinity LED CUBE

[@aiiaznsk8er]

the confidence of gluing everything together before testing it, masterful

[@lavacat720]

Oh my god i cannot even glue 5 leds before realizing I wired them wrong

[@aiiaznsk8er]

Every piece of Ikea furniture I have put together has at least one part backward. Like an upside-down shelf or a reversed backing. @@lavacat720

[@xsquaredthemusician]

Damn bro there was so little footage of that sick ass cube! I wanna look at the cube more plz

[@mecharms]

Thank you!

[@mbrown22006]

Great job! A compilation of used materials in the description / source code as someone else mentioned would be very helpful to those looking to make their own :)

[@mecharms]

Thank you! I updated description with the code.

[@icey_projects]

@@mecharms Can you also leave a link to the mirrors, and the screws used and the leds say 144 on github but 288 in video?

[@mecharms]

I didn't buy them online, sorry. Try order them precuttet and tempered in glass store. There are 288 leds (I made a mistake on github description). I used M2 x15mm wood screws

[@neagoecatalin879]

That's a very nice piece of work!

[@mecharms]

Thank You! ❤

[@user-wu2cl2tc2j]

Молодец. Получилось супер.

[@dreamvisionary]

It looks amazing.

[@mecharms]

Thank You!

[@danbrit9848]

truly incredible and inspiring

[@mecharms]

Thank You! ❤

[@medienmond]

Hey, it would be great to take a look into your source code. Please make it available...

[@mecharms]

It is available now - see description

[@medienmond]

@@mecharms wonderful! Thank you.

[@andrewadams9686]

very cool!

[@dangerously9498]

Amazing job, I made myself an infinity mirror rhombic dodecahedron and was no where near as organized as you lol

[@mecharms]

Thank you!

[@pcbwayluz]

THIS is how to make a video! Were wondering if we could bridge a cowork and explore some fun projects together in the future. Any possibility can we reach u out:D

[@manipro3794]

Please share 3d files and what an amazing job you did !!!

[@mecharms]

Thank you! 3d files added in the github ;)

[@dvohwinkel]

Awesome job!! Thank you for sharing. What kind of filament did you use for the print? PLA, PLA+, PETG?, etc? and subscribed and liked!

[@mecharms]

Thank you! I used PLA - Spectrum 1.75mm, color: DEEP BLACK. but if I had to do it again, I would use PETG. At least for corner elements as they are quite fraige.

[@antbrown5473]

Amazing project and video. I am trying to make this work on a cube with 14 pixels per strip because I already have loads of 'em, this has 12. I have my control box ready and my cube ready for the pixels but I can't figure out the routing and direction of the strips. Also, I am having trouble with the numbers in the arrays. After altering to match my strip sections, the sections do not display correct. Would you post the new wiring / routing diagram if you have one please. I also noticed that the data pin in the code is pin 27, but the data pin on the diagram at 15:30 is in pin 23.

[@mecharms]

Thank you! You are right with the data pin 😉 I didn't notice the mistake. I changed the pin during the process thats the reason. Did you checked the diagram and code on Github? It should work. The helpfull way in case differen connection is to make program which light leds one by one showing the Leds rising adress direction and strip number in the structure - like shown in 11:27 . Then you can apply the formula I shown. What do you mean by ,,post new wiring? "

[@antbrown5473]

@@mecharms in the video at 4:30, the diagram does show the order of the sides but does not show what strip should be on the top of the side pieces and what should be on the sides of the bars. The direction of the strips is not shown either and both diagrams have different order of sides (first diagram has data in at the front lower left corner and side 2 is front top centre, diagram 2 shows data in at rear lower left and side 2 is middle lower right. I have enough pixels to make a cube with 12 per strip and another with 14 per strip. I will breadboard another setup and run them side by side so I can change the code one step at a time and have a working cube for reference. Will your formula work the same with 14 pixels per strip ?

[@mecharms]

@@antbrown5473 yes, these two diagrams show different things and do not actually match. Unfortunately, I do not have a diagram showing which side the individual stripes on the sides are on. To do it correctly, trial and error is often necessary. During tests on the prototype cube, I matched the strips one by one, finding the corresponding LED strings, and then used the pattern. In the case of 14 LEDs, the approach is the same and the pattern should work.

[@antbrown5473]

@@mecharms Thanks for the quick answers. My plan now is to string 24 strips of 12 together to run your code, and another set of strips with 14 to run modified code. I will stick the 12 strips to straws so I can move them around. I will then choose 1 animation from your code and comment out all others. I can then run the sections in the array 1 by 1 on the strips with 14 until they both match. I will post a vid if I get it done. Have you thought of putting your cube on WLED ?

[@mecharms]

@antbrown5473 Thats good plan 😉 Good luck! I will gladly see your result. With WLED the problem I find was the limit in support up to 10 segments insted of 12 I used. Also i found more useful examples in FastLED

[@byteblaster_ee]

....it would be a crying shame if someone already had a pre-built project that would run on an esp32.....

[@lavacat720]

He went through everything to make the project, he learned alot, not everything has to be original

[@d1nonlysnshn]

Absolutely loved your cube. Could you please share material cost & # of hours it took you to make your infinity cube? Thank you

[@mecharms]

Thank you! I didn't track time I spend on the project. But I would guess that it was ~20-30h + video editing. Programing took me a long time. As for the material cost it was ~150-200 USD.

[@d1nonlysnshn]

@@mecharms thank you for the quick response. You have awesome skills to be able to build this yourself.

[@Pyromad86]

Do you have the link to the 3d print files for the electronics enclosure please

[@mecharms]

Yes, Files added in the github ;)

[@nsnschan9553]

The code at 13:15 is different from the code on GitHub, so I believe the order of the LED segments will not match the drawing, right?

[@mecharms]

Yes, you are right 😉 First, I made a test stand without mirrors to check the correctness - it had a different segment arrangement.

[@nsnschan9553]

@@mecharms Can you give us the new arrangement please?

[@Markswense]

I have tried to recreate this with the video, but for me, who has 0 idea, it is impossible. It would have been better not to put the steps in fast motion and to show the elements more precisely... Too bad, I'm getting absolutely nowhere.

[@mecharms]

Thanks for your feedback. Initially I thought to create a step-by-step video, but it turned out to be too complex, and it was impossible to cover all potential issues that might come up. The most problematic part is in my opinion programming. I hope you get to the level where you can succeed!

[@Markswense]

@@mecharms Thank you for your extremely positive feedback. I despaired at the thing and stopped after 4-5 hours and finished the project. I stopped at the wiring because, as I mentioned, I've never done anything like this in my life and it's impossible for me to come up with the ideas myself. Nevertheless, thanks for your video and a great result and video.

[@Markswense]

Maybe I'll just change the stripes, the result will certainly be sufficient 🥰

[@birgsm]

share files pls

[@mecharms]

github.com/mecharms/Infinity-LED-CUBE

[@birgsm]

very thx @@mecharms