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The soldered board looks like this:
 
The soldered board looks like this:
[[File:CubePCB2.jpg]]
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[[File:CubePCB2.jpg|200px]]
  
And from the top the base looks pretty neat, after being airbrushed black. Now the Leds can be soldered and the finished cube looks like this:
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And from the top the base looks pretty neat, after being airbrushed black:
[[File:Cube1.jpg]]
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[[File:CubePCB3.jpg|200px]]
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Now the Leds can be soldered and the finished cube looks like this:
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[[File:Cube1.jpg|200px]]

Revision as of 21:46, 12 May 2013

Before starting 8x8x8 Cubes or RGB Cubes it would be wise to excercise your construction and soldering skills with a simple 4x4x4 cube.

The advantage is that such a cube can be driven by a simple Atmega microcontroller on internal 8Mhz oscillator and doesn't require much extra hardware (apart from some P-channel Fets and resistors). Also, the spacing for a 4x4x4 cube allows the whole to be placed on a single 10x10cm PCB. To keep things simple, I decided to also use the PCB as a baseplate by soldering the components on the 'wrong side', even though most are through-hole components. Normally I would use SMT, but it is (nearly) impossible to route this design on a single-layer board with SMT.

Even with through-hole it's been quite a puzzle to get all the routes done (manually). The Fets are SMT, because they are my favorite (cheap and robust) AO3401, which I previously used in the Wireless Lightshow.

For the Leds I used some white ones that I had lying around. Unfortunately they were clear leds, so I had to diffuse them first. This is (or will be) described on some other part of this wiki.

The board design looks like this: CubePCB1.jpg

The soldered board looks like this: CubePCB2.jpg

And from the top the base looks pretty neat, after being airbrushed black: CubePCB3.jpg


Now the Leds can be soldered and the finished cube looks like this: Cube1.jpg