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....;-) On Fri, Aug 31, 2018 at 3:14 AM Tony <t...@lasermad.com> wrote: > 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 > >>> > >>> 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? 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