Resources

The following is a list of resources I will need to create my 3D cube.
This list has been taken directly from the tutorial I will be following.

LED Cube Kit (P/N 2146329) Kit includes: (1) Prototyping Board PN 206594 (1) Atmel AVR Atmega 16 Microcontroller- 323133 (64) Blue Diffused 3mm LEDs PN 333383 (18) 220 Ohm Resistors PN 690700 (1) Red LED PN 333973 (1) Green LED PN 34761 (1) 10k Ohm Resistor PN 691104 (4) 2.2k Ohm Resistor PN 690945 (4) BC337 Transistors PN 254810 (3) 0.1uF Capacitor PN 544921 (2) 22pF Capacitor PN 15405 (1) 14.7456MHz Crystal PN 324187 (2) SPST Buttons PN 155380 (1) 40 Pin IC Socket PN 112311 (1) 10 Pin Header PN 67812 (1) ISP Programmer PN 2136788 (1) USB Cable PN 222010 (1) Hookup Wire PN 2152884 (1) Coin Cell Battery PN 2123784

Optional Materials: (1) 10uF Capacitor PN 29891 (1) 1000uF Capacitor PN 330722 (1) 7805T Transistor- 51262 (1) Battery Clip PN 11280 (1) 9V Battery PN 198731 Tools list: Wire Cutters PN 35482 Pliers PN 177608 63/37 Solder PN 151474 Solder Flux PN 2094258 Solder Wick PN 41082 25W Soldering Iron PN 129040 Soldering Stand PN 36329 Sponge PN 134631 LED Tester PN 355805

Idea proposal

Idea proposal

unit-57 idea proposal is to basically create something something using LED's and program it using an Arduino.  I started of by looking at examples of images created by using LED's but I found although they are quite visually appealing there not quite interesting enough.

I wanted to create something that's more of a physical object as apposed to a 2D image.
So I started looking into 3D LED visuals. The first thing I saw I immediately fell in love with and I wanted to try and recreate. When I first saw the 3D LED cube's I knew it was going to be hard to recreate but not impossible. After a bit of research I found there were loads of basic tutorials which I could follow and although it would be time consuming it was pretty strait forward.

Another thing I found with the 3D LED cubes is that your not quite so limited as to what you can do. For example you can create 3D images as apposed to just the basic 2D images. You can also create
3D Videos with right coding, a little help from an Arduino and the right set of mind.


Here are two examples. The first being a video clip of a 2D LED video and the second being a 3D LED video.

As you can see there is a big difference between the two and I find the 3D a lot more visually appealing. Which is why im choosing to do a 3D cube and not just another 2D image.


I then decided to make my 3D LED cube editable by webcam. Meaning if I was to swipe my hand across the webcam the colour would change and mimic the hand movement. This would be the hardest part but once again not impossible. There are a fair few tutorials I might be able to follow.

After deciding want I wanted to make I got right to work on planning my LED cube. I started off by drawing up a very basic sketch of my cube. This sketch I would then use to refer back to when creating my cube.

sketch / plan