If you are up for the challenge, we have the blinkie for you - the 4x4x4 RGB Cube!
Watch as colors wash from side to side, corner to corner, up/down, fading in and fading out. 64 RGB LEDs, each individually firing to create the ultimate in mesmerizing patterns. Although designed to be easy to build, it is the equivalent of building four regular blinkie kits.
We created our 1st cube kit in 2014 after seeing a number of 3D LED cubes on the internet. We felt we could do better! The existing designs appeared quite unforgiving, and we wanted to create one that mere mortals could build. After doing the "Gator" design, Dwayne learned the circuit board houses could do sophisticated board cuts, and we decided to push this to the limit :-). The 4x4x4 RGB Cube uses PCB boards rather then the floating wire design that a lot of cubes are based on. A lot easier to solder!
With Over 7 years technology moved forward. We made a number of improvements in the 2021 version. Saw hello to an IOT cube.
4x4x4 RGB Cube Blinkie Kit
Hardware:
- stands 4in x 4in x 4.5 inch high
- 64 RGB LEDs.
- driver/LED (bottom) board
- three LED Layer boards
- 4 side boards
- an ESP32 module.
- 4MB flash
- Dual core 240MHz
- USB connector power (can communicate to PC)
- 8 channel Source Driver TOSHIBA TD62783APG
- Three MBI5168 (8 bit) LED Drivers.
- Two buttons
Software
- Source code on github
- Schematic
- Multiple LED patterns
- USB UART command line interface
- WiFi to connect to the internet
- WiFi hotspot, so we you access and config it.
- web UI
- DFU (Downloadable Firmware Update)
- on-line Pattern Library
- pico "C" interpreter for blinkie patterns
This is an advanced kit! This kit is designed for people with some soldering skills, perhaps having built a few blinkie kits or other projects.
Assembly instructions
This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 03 October, 2021.