8x8x8 LED Cube - Green

Experience Level: Advanced

This LED Cube will light up any party. Your friends will be mesmerized by its hypnotic effect as lights dazzle and dance in brilliant patterns. It utilizes code based off of Instructables designer, CHR, and uses an Arduino UNO to power the cube and act as a programmer. This cube gives of a warm glow that is pleasant to the eye to entertain any person of any age. Though it might be quite a commitment to build, the effort will be worth the wait. Surprise your friends and family with this incredible art piece, as it will be sure to turn heads.

This is an advanced level kit where you will lay out all the components according to the schematic on a blank protoboard and make all the interconnections with wire or solder.

Required tools:

  • Soldering iron
  • Solder
  • Helping hands
  • Wire cutters
  • Wire strippers
  • Needle nose pliers
  • Vise
  • Aluminum foil
  • Peg board or piece of wood
  • Drill

Kit Includes:

Part No.
Qty.
 Description
690620
100
 100Ω Resistors
206587
1
 Prototyping Board
333973
10
 Red status LEDs
38608
10
 20-pin IC socket
37373
10
 16-pin IC socket
46084
8
 74HC574 IC
45330
1
 74HC138 IC
153702
10
 8-pin male header
70755
3
 8-pin female header socket
178511
20
 PN2222A NPN Transistor
330722
1
 1000µF capacitor
93761
10
 100µF capacitor
29891
10
 10µF capacitor
690718
10
 240Ω Resistor
643831
1
 16-Conductor Ribbon cable
525325
10
 16-Position IDC connector receptacle
25523
10
 0.1µF Capacitor
2153705
1
 25-foot Hook-up Wire Bundle
2151486
1
 Arduino Uno R3
139231
2
 1-inch 4-40, 1/4 Aluminum Hex Spacer
139222
4
 0.75-inch 4-40, 1/4 Aluminum Hex Spacer
40970
10
 4-40x3/8 Pan Head Screw
40943
10
 4-40 Hex Nut
222010
1
 USB cable
2318551
1
 5V 3000mA Power adapter with USB port
2169846
550
 3mm Green LEDs
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Product Identification

Product Type:LED Soldering Kit

Features

Design Level:Advanced Kit
Piece Count:300
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