How to make a 16x16x16 LED CUBE at home with Arduino platform

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This video is to give some insights in creating a very large LED CUBE.
I modeled this cube and construction jigs in fusion 360, led Driver PCB is made with KiCad. Code is programmed in PlatformIO using the Arduino Platform.
The dome is made from acrylic, I ordered that by size and glued it together with chloroform. All black plastic was printed on my CR10S-pro and glued with chloroform.
I have a custom PCB with a Teensy 4.0 mounted on it. Only 3 pins of the Teensy are used to drive 32 channels with 128 leds each. The refresh rate of the display and the animations is 178 frames per second. Everything is non blocking and refreshing the display is done with DMA taking zero processor time. There also is an esp8266 and a touchscreen connected to the PCB, that will need to be programmed at a later time.
Code and Gerber files are available for free, link is in the video.
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@tiagoatalaia4564 2 жыл бұрын

I usually don't like or dislike this kind of videos, but the work involved, the attention to details, and the end result is greater than most. And after that, you provide the code and the files to anyone that want to do the same project, for free! Double thumbs up for you and this video!

@MaltWhiskey 2 жыл бұрын

I like to have my projects open source and open hardware, so more people can enjoy these kind of things. I also like watching other peoples projects, and this is my contribution 😎

@RoyalTerravore 2 жыл бұрын

Now run Doom on it.

@IlStr Жыл бұрын

What do you know about 3d games on your 2d monitors? But doom on a 3d cube, that's it.

@MR_FIRE_FOX Жыл бұрын

That one is actually good Bruh

@wowlikon Жыл бұрын

Or bad apple

@eltonsseng Жыл бұрын

Kkkkkkkk perfect

@adib-enc Жыл бұрын

Ba doom tss

@mergru6371 6 ай бұрын

Saw thumbnail "Ah this is cool, maybe I can make this for my living room" Three minutes in "Never mind.." Awesome project!

@centerfield6339 6 ай бұрын

Exactly the same :)

@RKurz 3 ай бұрын

Im an Software Engineer and an Electrical Engineer, and this Video hit diffrent, mate im stunned! You are inspiring, thank you alot!

@croaton07 3 ай бұрын

Congrats, you're almost as smart as the average idiot!

@Calthecool 2 жыл бұрын

That is amazing. People who have never soldered anything before have no idea the hours that this must have taken.

@MaltWhiskey 2 жыл бұрын

Indeed and that asking can i buy this….

@gerarddantel5931 2 жыл бұрын

@@MaltWhiskey it's a long shot, but we don't know unless we ask. So, that's a 'yes', right? 😜 Truly marvelous work. I'm still in awe. I suck at soldering, so that's at least one reason I wouldn't survive such a project.

@MrBobi42 2 жыл бұрын

40 hours of soldering on a 7*7*7 I guess here it’s about 80 + with a lot of preparation to be more efficient

@ThatmetalmanAu Жыл бұрын

I’ve built many high performance audio amplifiers and preamplifiers, countless piwer supplies and too many projects to count over 43 years. This cube, my friend, is the ultimate end to end beautifully designed project I have laid eyes on. A real credit to you. If this was a kitset with a carefully written manual, I suspect you’d have a fair market at your disposal. Bravo!

@Guitarded1995 9 ай бұрын

The fireworks blew my mind. Amazing work.

@phdyoutubedegree1939 4 ай бұрын

That is awesome. Sales would be insane if this was mass produced. Take my money

@AlGoRythmAI 2 жыл бұрын

can you imagine how a physics professor could use this to demonstrate all sorts of things in 3 dimensions? Can't do that on a whiteboard, you know? Amazing creation we should use to visualize in 3d for education

@aubreykarnes795 Жыл бұрын

Tbh they need to do this

@nczioox1116 Жыл бұрын

A VR headset could work too

@abhinandanmalhotra8519 Жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same....!

@and_then_I_whispered Жыл бұрын

Same thought 🤔.

@noelalexisshaw-nas-noz5142 Жыл бұрын

We Had Tech Like This At One Point, The Kuntz Who rule Today, Removed It From Society & Civilisation...🤦🏼‍♂️ The Very Education System You Speak Of They Control! Fml. They Don't Want Folk To Learn In A Visual Manner....Plus Devices Such As This Will "Open Eyes" To Many Lies About A Ball Earth? Much Love 💚

@Andysfishing 2 жыл бұрын

This would have taken so long, amazing work.

@Demian1 2 жыл бұрын

yeah

@johanngambolputty5351 2 жыл бұрын

took me forever to just do a 8x8

@Fadda-P 2 жыл бұрын

Well he used his lockdown time wisely.

@Stabitzki 5 ай бұрын

20 Years ago i made a 8x8x8 Blue LED Cube with two shoolfriends as a project in school. This was heavy soldering fun. I can imagine how much work a 16x16x16 Cube was! Very nice work!!!

@MiguelMeanGreen 7 ай бұрын

that is an extremely beautiful thing. not just in the obvious way of what it can do in the end, but in the construction as well

@jstro-hobbytech 2 жыл бұрын

Incredible. That must've cost a fortune in materials and the skill to bring it all together. Amazing.

@sagarawari1340 2 жыл бұрын

How much of cost I m getting one said how much cost I'm buying that new think

@jstro-hobbytech 2 жыл бұрын

@@sagarawari1340 where I live in Canada each 4 pin dip style neopixel 5mm led is about 2 dollars each. So it cost alot lol

@jstro-hobbytech 2 жыл бұрын

Update. I just checked and a pack of 5 8mm neopixel leds are 15 plus tax lol

@MaltWhiskey 2 жыл бұрын

@@jstro-hobbytech it costs €0.12 per led. So €500 for all of them. These are pl9823, not neo pixels.

@jstro-hobbytech 2 жыл бұрын

@@MaltWhiskey that's awesome. I forgot about those. It's 400 for 1000 of them here. They are beautiful man.

@InfinityWorkshop 2 жыл бұрын

This project will be an excellent example of patience and knowledge together... For us and the future generation....

@herbertnatanael 2 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@SomeoneCommenting 10 ай бұрын

This is by far the coolest one of all these 3D LED cubes that I've seen.

@prentishancockgardening 9 ай бұрын

This is the most spectacular LED cube I've ever seen. 10/10 for the design, build and software demos! Amazing.

@patrick_van_der_meulen 2 жыл бұрын

My wife asked why one would build this. My answer: just because it can! Hell of a job but I guess it must be quite pleasing and satisfying to build something this cool and make it to this level of perfection.

@danbendavid-ipad2236 2 жыл бұрын

YOU ARE WARRIOR . I have made the 8X8X8 simple led and i was about to die.... but this RGB16X16X16 is at least 15 times more complexe. You are crazy man ! Big kudos !!!

@MaltWhiskey 2 жыл бұрын

🤪🤪😂🤣

@AprendeCode 9 ай бұрын

Perhaps some people may see this as just technology, but it's indisputably much more than that... this is ART!

@rkobrin1 3 ай бұрын

I'm an amateur maker and this is the ultimate build. You are an inspiration. I watch this video at least once a month.

@xboxter 2 жыл бұрын

Mirrors on the two back walls would add an interesting effect. What a project! I've downloaded your git repository, thanks for sharing. I'm headed down the rabbit hole!

@partytranimal6293 2 жыл бұрын

It would be cool if there was an animation of someone dancing inside. I don't know how quality it would look on a 16×16×16 cube due to the density and general size but it would make for an interesting proof of concept for a larger scale "hologram" box with full 3D animations

@JiffyDealer 11 күн бұрын

I’m used to seeing these being built with single-color LEDs, so I was blown away to see a multi-color led in a cube (and all the additional bends and connections)

@flyerminer 11 ай бұрын

The amount of engineering and craftsmanship that went into this far exceeded my expectations upon first opening this video. This is incredible work and I seriously hope you're proud, you've earned the right to be. You cover mechanical design including material consideration and manufacturing methods, maintenance considerations in the form of modularity and critical system ease of access, electrical PCB prototyping, power distribution and intensive quantities of soldering, C++ Programming and then the patience of developing those animations. You've earned my respect and i strive to be like you.

@patprop74 2 жыл бұрын

I started a 5X5x5 single color cube 3 years ago, still not finished lmao and you did a 16x16x16 RGB and completed it!

@waiitwhaat 2 жыл бұрын

I love my share of doing repetitive tasks while just vibing. But preparing 4096 LEDs? AND writing drivers for it? Good lord, I wouldn't do it if someone wasnt paying me for it. You are a man of Focus, Commitment and Sheer fucking WILL.

@karlkessler6017 5 ай бұрын

That's terrific. Much cooler than I thought it would be. Thanks for this!

@See-ris Жыл бұрын

This is mad, I'm so thoroughly impressed with the magnitude of this project simply for art. Found myself smiling due to the complexity & perseverance needed to complete this, it's inspirational. Someday down the road I'll attempt this myself, but for the time being I'll simply admire your beautiful work.

@paulweston8184 2 жыл бұрын

That's just so ******* sick. If you made a kit with everything included plus instructions, I'd buy one and assemble it.

@andrejcupac7359 2 жыл бұрын

Did everyone JUST get this recommended lmao, all the comments are fresh 💀

@shauni_jade 2 жыл бұрын

Looks like it X)

@pelicanoe 2 жыл бұрын

And again, it seems

@charismahornum-fries691 2 жыл бұрын

Yes!

@veronicaledesma4310 2 жыл бұрын

Yep lol

@bigdickbee2189 2 жыл бұрын

bruh ur one of the "hahaha the algorithm again" guys

@lecatou 23 күн бұрын

Want to see an animation of the solar system, or the earth with the moon orbitating around. Should be awesome! Great job ! Very impressive !

@kevindavidson9068 7 ай бұрын

Stunning! Great video and absolutely LOVE the resulting piece of art ... well done!

@JoseMartinez-gx5zl 2 жыл бұрын

As someone who has built 2 4x4 LED cubes before (and struggled a lot) I can appreciate just how monumentally impressive this is. Good job.

@MaltWhiskey 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, time to upscale now? I promise with my jigs it will be easy 😁

@thesoupin8or673 2 жыл бұрын

Man, all the animations are so cool! Great job. I would love to see an effect where it looks like the snake from Snake where it like chases an apple around in 3D space

@grahamnichols1416 5 ай бұрын

Cat vs 4096 LEDs. What could possibly go wrong? Fabulous project. Beautifully crafted together. Respect.

@StormBurnX 4 ай бұрын

this is truly one of the most lovely videos on LED cubes.

@laudbentil8184 2 жыл бұрын

After seeing how much work went into a different project of 8x8x8 led cube. For 16x16x16...I just click Subscribe, no questions asked.

@MaltWhiskey 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, 8x8x8 is nothing to sneeze at 👍🏻

@lunarxs 2 жыл бұрын

Now, using a leap motion or similar, track your hand and display an approximated 3D model of it inside the cube that follows your movements in real time. Or use it to interact with the cube in any way actually

@DavesGarage 5 ай бұрын

As an LED programmer myself, color me impressed!

@trevic1346 5 ай бұрын

I see what you did there

@MaltWhiskey 5 ай бұрын

Thank you Dave! I’m a big fan of your channel. In the beginning i came there mostly for led related topics. But you can even make changing light bulbs or Windows topics interesting although i switched to mac years ago ;)

@freethis222 Жыл бұрын

I admire your patience and tenacity. And omfg, that fireworks effect is amazing! Good job!

@SparrowHawk183 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic build! You truly created a beautiful work of art, engineering, and wizardry here. The extreme attention to detail and design of the process (like the LED jig for bending the leads) is inspiring! Keep it up!

@stefankirstein2277 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, congratulations, very well done! I like the perfect alignment of the LEDs, because it makes crystallographic axies visible! (You have essentially a cubic crystal). Now I would imagine to use it for visualisation of scientific models, e.g. diffusion or atomic orbitals. For the latter one could demonstrate the dynamics as well, something that has never been demonstrated. Would like to have such a cube ...

@therayvenn3482 Жыл бұрын

i remember thinking a while back just randomly “imagine a 3D screen” and this is exactly what i thought of, great execution

@GuillaumePugnet 7 ай бұрын

This has the spirit of demo making :) The firework effect is awesome !

@AMcky 2 жыл бұрын

Name your price.

@thetruthexperiment 10 ай бұрын

You said it. I want a house made of this thing.

@discovertech1250 10 ай бұрын

@@thetruthexperiment😂😂🎉

@parekhnirajj123 9 ай бұрын

@@sonus289ya ' but I'm calling for your cars extended warranty sir '

@nczioox1116 9 ай бұрын

$69

@markriley24 9 ай бұрын

Awesome and trippy, want to jam on some Pink Floyd

@ganjasage420 2 жыл бұрын

Much respect. The time and effort into making this is incredible.

@jamesovery4496 Жыл бұрын

Class build. Good seeing someone so happy to share all of their designs and build secrets!!! Love it!!!!!

@penguin8874 2 ай бұрын

That cat was trying to end this man's career

@papaUrabrask 2 жыл бұрын

Boss, I'm gonna level with you, I didn't understand a single fucking thing in a technical sense. But sweet mother of Odin the process you took and the end result are fucking gorgeous. Stellar build

@MaltWhiskey 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks 😂 Sköll 🍻

@deansmith4752 2 жыл бұрын

admire the patience for wiring up 4096 LEDs x 4 wires.....

@andsto 4 ай бұрын

wow! meticulous build detail, custom drivers, fine tuning and stunning visualizations!!!

@mossdog9408 Жыл бұрын

This is absolutely amazing, I just bought my first arduino kit and I'd be ecstatic if I ever manage to make something like this. Inspirational.

@bkucenski 2 жыл бұрын

This seems like something that could be mass produced by encasing the LEDs in clear plastic and having standard connectors so you can put as many together in any configuration you want.

@360genius5 2 жыл бұрын

you should totally run a fluid sim inside of this

@st0n3p0ny 7 ай бұрын

Need to see this inside a box of two way mirrors. An inimity cube. 😳

@stefanolassandro886 9 ай бұрын

Stunning work!

@charetjc 2 жыл бұрын

I lost it at the Malt Wiskey PCB label using the Walt Disney font: 12:03. Great work.

@davidhorizon8401 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for pointing that out. I had not noticed it.

@dcf476 2 жыл бұрын

Made me laugh too! My eyes saw 'Walt Disney' then realised the 'D' wasn't right........ Ohhhhh 'Malt Wiskey'! 🤣Very clever tag name

@MaltWhiskey 2 жыл бұрын

I have printed some t-shirts with my logo and getting this reaction in real life is priceless 😂🤣

@char4_ 2 жыл бұрын

Imagine this with high-resolution, like 500x500x500 or above, and realy small and transparent components. Imagine a game in that "screen". Awesome project, looking foward for future ones.

@SuperUltimateLP 2 жыл бұрын

this thing already uses 4kW when all white O.O

@mOJOINABOXx Жыл бұрын

That firework effect was awesome ! Wish this was sold as a kit.

@Blakkrazor69 10 ай бұрын

This is gorgeous and telling of the creator's skill and passion. Bravo.

@KL-lt8rc 2 жыл бұрын

Should look into manufacturing and selling these, maybe at different scales. I could see a lot appeal for clubs/DJs, desk toys, game rooms, high-end christmas displays, etc.

@justhappypl 2 жыл бұрын

@@ButterfatFarms probably depends on size. For this one I thought about $300-400

@AtomicSniper22 2 жыл бұрын

You could totally play 3d snake with this thing that would be cool. Or at least a light sequence that looks like it

@alexx663 5 ай бұрын

This was the project (8x8x8) that I wanted to take to the final exam many years ago, but I wasn't able to find all the necessary hardware components. Fantastic job

@LeviTorgerson 7 ай бұрын

The wiring was as much a work of art as the output. Great work man. I'd like to see a rotating galaxy with a few random super nova's.

@ArnaudMEURET 2 жыл бұрын

Please someone make a proper voxel rendering engine for it ! This deserves a lot more than simple maths patterns. 🙏

@LiteWayv 2 жыл бұрын

Makes me wonder what it'd look like with reflective tint on the insides. Basically those infinity cubes/mirrors but with an addressable LED cube array.

@doggydaddy666 9 ай бұрын

Absolutely amazing build. Just beautiful and mesmerising to watch the finished product. Joyous!

@pankajwasnik5147 9 ай бұрын

This is insane. I am speechless to see such beautiful creation.😍

@GozUnlimited 2 жыл бұрын

This feels like the early days of holographic technology. I'm just imagining this tech with much higher led density, with smaller leds and it would be an amazing 3D display. They went from small B&W tvs to 4K flatscreens, they could do similar progress with this.

@boblaw4483 2 жыл бұрын

Great thinking! That would be incredible. A "high resolution" human size display. Or even just a smaller cube as presented above. It would be interesting to see a "video" being played through the cube. A tree whooshing in the wind. Or even a tabletop "zoo"

@sthede1000 Жыл бұрын

Assuming those leds can show any color, I would think it wouldnt take a lot, to write some code that could downsample a video to 16x16 pixels, and then convert the colors of the bitmap to the leds. Then as you rapidly change each led to match the video, you could rotate the coordinates for each pixel, and literally see the video rotate along for example the Y-axis. Additionally, you could convert a text message that is shown in the pixel matrix.

@jovwvy 6 ай бұрын

This is phenomenal. Imagine this on a bigger scale. Well done

@aeebeecee3737 13 күн бұрын

Can’t wait for 1080p cube of this

@keithfulkerson 2 жыл бұрын

A 3D audio visualizer would be pretty sweet.

@gemerlinus 4 ай бұрын

having one of those as a room lamp has to be cool

@AshleyMillsTube 4 ай бұрын

Absolutely amazing! I made a 3x3x3 and it took me forever :) What you have done is a work of art and an incredible achievement.

@philmccracken2012 Жыл бұрын

That cube is absolutely totally awesome! It gorgeous!! I would so buy one of those. It's amazing that you were able to build this thing yourself. Good for you. So cool.

@jasonbrody8957 Жыл бұрын

This would probably be really fun on Acid

@michaelwinter8287 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely awesome. I will build this as a birthday gift for my daughter. Thanx for sharing! Thumbs up!!

@garfstiglz3981 7 ай бұрын

Truly a thing of beauty. Totally mesmerising, I was thinking how something like this would look at the size of a room, it would blow people away.

@yaroslavsobolev9514 7 ай бұрын

It did blow people away when trailer-sized ones were an attraction on plenty of Burning Man festivals. You could lie under one on your back and look up at all the "moving" lights.

@AudioAtmos 11 ай бұрын

Now this is impressive. Multi-discipline mastery. I love it!!!

@RegisteredMP 4 ай бұрын

This is one of the coolest things I've seen.

@timknight68 4 ай бұрын

I am speechless. Astonishing.

@marekkubicki3673 4 ай бұрын

a work of art, patience and knowledge

@chriskeeble 4 ай бұрын

Absolutely love this - amazing idea, design, work, persistence and video. Thank you for sharing.

@cm7522 2 жыл бұрын

This is absolutely amazing, I'm not sure I have the skills to make this myself... But nothings stopping me from trying.

@MaltWhiskey 2 жыл бұрын

Do it! Just watch out for cats.

@larrygarry1393 2 жыл бұрын

i have seen some of these but nothing in this kind of quality holy shit that is stunning you got some nerves man keep up the good work maybe modular for diy and then sell the kit

@ls2011schorsch 7 ай бұрын

I've watched video's about these cubes a decade ago. I finally need to build my own one :D

@Duder_abides 7 ай бұрын

Stunning. It must be amazing to watch in person.

@Miller0067 2 жыл бұрын

IDEA... if you find LEDs where the resin coating is as clear as possible then find the matching resin you could solidify the whole matrix into a block of clear resin therefore making the led resin casings invisible and you'd only have the visual impedance of the wires and diodes. Furthermore, I was thinking if you can find a resin that had the same refractive qualities of water it would theoretically be possible to make a water electrolyte and micro canals in said resin to make the wires invisible. Then you would only see some light refraction within the matrix block itself and the individual diodes... granted all this would require some new special equipment and manufacturing processes but holy crap... with small enough diodes you could theoretically achieve a very high fidelity translucent led matrix with very little visual obstructions. it would be a quality volumetric display.

@itsDhiran 2 жыл бұрын

The basic version of hologram, like in iron man movies...😂😂😂

@mih4743 4 ай бұрын

One of the, BEST, videos on KZfaq. Takes me back when content was actually good and inspiring. Wow.

@ryanvessaoker5289 7 ай бұрын

Love from India…one of the best projects I have ever seen. Great job buddy.I have no words to express this .Hats off to you brother.

@papercrowe8772 9 ай бұрын

That is absolutely mind blowing

@swimon 2 жыл бұрын

A game of classic snake might be a fun in a 3d array like this

@Boogie_the_cat 4 ай бұрын

This looks like a nice project for someone with 400 spare hours on hand. Or someone with 400 spare hands and an hour.

@thomasdawson9209 Жыл бұрын

This is nothing short of amazing. I will certainly be making my own.

@mikeleary385 Жыл бұрын

Wow, just WOW!!!! What a fantastic project. Absolutely awesome. Thank you for sharing.

@danold5947 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely terrific. Saw this on Reddit and thought it might be a good project. However having just bought a soldering iron, maybe after I get a few more under my belt.

@MaltWhiskey 2 жыл бұрын

It's not a bad soldering project. Just a lot 😂