Blue 8x8x8 LED Cube - (Without Arduino Uno)

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 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.

An easier-to-build Blue 8x8x8 LED Cube with PCB is also available. (The custom PCB already has the circuit traces laid out, so you just need to build the cube and install the components.)

Required tools:

• Arduino Uno microcontroller
• Enclosure (or display box for your assembled electronics)
• Soldering iron
• Solder
• Helping hands
• Wire cutters
• Wire strippers
• Needle nose pliers
• Vise
• Aluminum foil
• Peg board or piece of wood
• Drill

Kit Includes:

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