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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@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.

@FIRE_FOX_OFF 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

@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 😎

@mergru6371 7 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 7 ай бұрын

Exactly the same :)

@RKurz 4 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 4 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!

@Stabitzki 6 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!!!

@AprendeCode 10 ай бұрын

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

@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.

@phdyoutubedegree1939 5 ай бұрын

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

@JiffyDealer Ай 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)

@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

@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.

@paolo69 5 күн бұрын

Wow 1.2 kW? Those leds are incredibly inefficent but its still really cool

@hhjpegg 3 күн бұрын

well it is 4k leds

@DavesGarage 6 ай бұрын

As an LED programmer myself, color me impressed!

@trevic1346 6 ай бұрын

I see what you did there

@MaltWhiskey 6 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 ;)

@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

🤪🤪😂🤣

@prentishancockgardening 10 ай бұрын

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

@rkobrin1 4 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.

@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

@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!

@SomeoneCommenting 11 ай бұрын

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

@aeebeecee3737 Ай бұрын

Can’t wait for 1080p cube of this

@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.

@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 😁

@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

@karlkessler6017 6 ай бұрын

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

@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

@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!

@flyerminer Жыл 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.

@StormBurnX 5 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

@grahamnichols1416 5 ай бұрын

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

@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.

@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

@Guitarded1995 10 ай бұрын

The fireworks blew my mind. Amazing work.

@penguin8874 3 ай бұрын

That cat was trying to end this man's career

@deansmith4752 2 жыл бұрын

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

@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

@MiguelMeanGreen 8 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

@jamesovery4496 Жыл бұрын

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

@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 🍻

@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 ...

@andsto 4 ай бұрын

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

@freethis222 Жыл бұрын

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

@ArnaudMEURET 2 жыл бұрын

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

@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.

@Txepsiyu 13 күн бұрын

60 seconds of video for jigging 4096 LEDs. Epic!

@Blakkrazor69 11 ай бұрын

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

@ganjasage420 2 жыл бұрын

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

@AMcky 2 жыл бұрын

Name your price.

@thetruthexperiment 11 ай бұрын

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

@discovertech1250 10 ай бұрын

@@thetruthexperiment😂😂🎉

@parekhnirajj123 10 ай бұрын

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

@nczioox1116 10 ай бұрын

$69

@markriley24 10 ай бұрын

Awesome and trippy, want to jam on some Pink Floyd

@st0n3p0ny 8 ай бұрын

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

@GuillaumePugnet 8 ай бұрын

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

@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!

@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...😂😂😂

@timknight68 5 ай бұрын

I am speechless. Astonishing.

@gemerlinus 5 ай бұрын

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

@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

@360genius5 2 жыл бұрын

you should totally run a fluid sim inside of this

@marekkubicki3673 5 ай бұрын

a work of art, patience and knowledge

@jovwvy 7 ай бұрын

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

@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.

@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

@AudioAtmos Жыл бұрын

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

@kevindavidson9068 8 ай бұрын

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

@icegiant1000 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.

@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 😂🤣

@oliverpolden 6 ай бұрын

If anyone is wondering how you can set the colour of each individual LED: It uses "addressable" LEDs. Each LED actually has a tiny chip inside. They have four legs: power, ground, data in, data out. The data is passed from one LED to the other, the first one takes its own value and passes the data on to the next LED which takes the next value and so on. I'm not sure on specific implementation but for example the data might look like this for three LEDs using [R, G, B] values where the first LED is to be set to red, the second green and the third blue. The first LED receives: [[255, 0, 0], [0, 255, 0], [0, 0, 255]], it takes its own value [255, 0, 0] which is red, and passes the rest [[0, 255,0], [0, 0, 255]] on to the second LED etc. There will also be a brightness value but I've ignored that for simplicity.

@martanoriaga9015 6 ай бұрын

I believe that probably, due to response times, he is not using addressable LEDs, as handling such a large quantity could create a potentially visible delay. In his case, I am more convinced that he is using the following: "In the case of 4-pin RGB LEDs without an integrated controller, a common method to control them is by using a microcontroller and shift registers. A shift register is a digital circuit that can be used to expand the number of output pins of a microcontroller. It allows you to control multiple LEDs using a serial connection."

@RegisteredMP 4 ай бұрын

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

@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"

@keithfulkerson 2 жыл бұрын

A 3D audio visualizer would be pretty sweet.

@mOJOINABOXx Жыл бұрын

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

@pankajwasnik5147 10 ай бұрын

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

@jasonbrody8957 Жыл бұрын

This would probably be really fun on Acid

@scottbeale1825 5 ай бұрын

You could put one way mirrors on earch side to create a super cool infinity mirror effect in 3 dimensions

@JGV_IX Жыл бұрын

This is the most phenomenal thing I’ve ever seen! Well done! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

@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

@lecatou Ай 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 !

@owlnonymous 2 жыл бұрын

It's beautiful! Someone please make assembled ready-to-buy units.

@nasazh 5 ай бұрын

Now connect it to Home Automation as a visualization of your voice assistant looking like a magical wisp, pulsating with each and every word they say. Truly magical

@Aimero Жыл бұрын

That firework animation gave me the chills It's awesome

@MaltWhiskey Жыл бұрын

Newton would be proud of me 😇

@Sayf.X Ай бұрын

I showed my very tech-afraid grandma this and she said, "It's too weird for me" 😂

@frenchkiss44uu 2 жыл бұрын

It s 3d monitor, if we can upscale resolution to 300 x 300 x 300 it will be holographic effect

@Leon-gr2oo 2 жыл бұрын

Yes i thought me couldnt be the only one thinking this

@doggydaddy666 10 ай бұрын

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

@LeviTorgerson 8 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.

@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.

@swimon 2 жыл бұрын

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

@AshleyMillsTube 5 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.

@JerDog1984 10 ай бұрын

That is one of the coolest things I've ever seen. Bravo!

@IAMMEDUSA 2 ай бұрын

That is impressive AF 😍

@Boogie_the_cat 5 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.

@mikeleary385 Жыл бұрын

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

@redshiftgalaxy3718 6 ай бұрын

Stunning! knowledge, patience, skills, commitment, and meticulous, and a bit of money 🙂

@michaelwinter8287 Жыл бұрын

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

@matteuklol 2 ай бұрын

In two years they will be selling these everywhere so cool

@MattHudsonAtx 2 ай бұрын

they have been for sale online for years. go get you some.

@Sarah-dx6oz 7 ай бұрын

This is the most beautiful thing I've ever seen.

@napalmdotnet Жыл бұрын

The fireworks effect is stunning!