The LED Cube

The idea of the project was to build a three dimensional array of LEDs. Every single LED should be adressable in order to create animations. Basically all anodes of the LEDs of an row are connected. A plane is actived by setting the anode to +5V (and deactivated by setting it to 0V). All cathodes of an column are connected. A column is activated if you set the cathode to 0V (and deactivated by setting it to +5V).

News

10/09/2008: There will be a "hands on led cube" Sunday. Unfortunately, I cannot take part on this coding session. The session will be on the 14th of September 2008 at Kreativfabrik Wiesbaden starting at 3 pm.

06/09/2008: I've uploaded my talk on the 7th mrmcd.

27/08/2008: The repository is now public accessible. Please note that the cube is still in development and there are still some bugs to fix. At present I'm writing my thesis and have no time to work on the cube till December.

19/08/2008: I've uploaded a first draft of the documentation.

18/08/2008: I'll give a talk on the 7th mrmcd in Darmstadt. The presentation will be slightly different to the previous ones.

12/08/2008: Unfortunately the repository is at present not public accessible. I'll have a look on the configuration of the repository.

Pictures


Hacking

The LED Cube is being developed in an subversion repository. You can browse the files online.

Documents

  • In September 2008 I gave a talk on the 7th mrmcd in Darmstadt. Slides are available here.

  • A first draft of the documentation. Unfortunately it is in german.

  • In July 2008 I gave a presentation at my local university on the LED Cube. The presentation was part of my coursework in the VPDV course by Prof. Dr. K. O. Linn. Slides are available here.

  • In the end of July 2008 I gave also an presentation of the LED Cube on the local braindump meeting. Slides are available here.

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