Rablcube

I promise (serious) that I will eventually put everything I have on the project up here. Circuits, research, pictures and code will all be posted (probable under a GPL type license). However I am rather busy and have only got time to take photos and post them instead. Cheap excuse if I ever saw one.

Today we shall be looking at the (intentionally oversized) control board I created for the LED cube. I spent 5 odd months designing and producing this to be exactly what I needed. Then it took all of 3 full days work to prepare, clean and solder it. Looks OK in my opinion, the roller tinning machine put way too much tin down on the board, it got lumps everywhere. Then there was my soldering, not exactly perfect either. The good news is it works (for now), I still need another cable then I can hook it all up and finally get down to working on just the software part. (3 weeks late.)

[EDIT]: For those wondering, yes I do have 3 chairs at my workspace. None of them are on rollers so I swap between computer, circuit and soldering chairs.

Oh and yes that equipment is worth several thousand too. If there is something I like about Uni then it’s this.

Later.

Check this out! One fully built and powered cube. Next up is the power and controller board, the complex part of the project. Check the next update for info on this and more.

As many people have said, it looks much clearer, more defined and brighter blue than the camera can show it. These were all taken on my phone camera which suffered from over saturation far too often. Videos to follow when I find a camera good enough.