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== Uber Cube ==
In 2014 cube-mania struck the space. 


[https://github.com/pbrook/pycubedemo pycubedemo] contains driver for the various cube boards, a cube emulator and a repository of demo patterns.


For LightNight 2014, members of Leeds Hackspace made an uber cube in Leeds City Museum. Consisting of 8x8x8 "pixels" which were doubled up plastic cups, containing 6 LEDs and a circuit board.
= The Cubes =


This was demonstrated on the 3rd of October.
== Mini 4x4x4 cube ==


== Code ==
A mono cube made of 64 charlieplexed 5mm LEDs (4x4x4), completed around the end of April.  Constructed by [[User:pbrook|pbrook]].


The animations are writ in Python and the code is available [https://github.com/pbrook/pycubedemo on github] along with a cube emulator.
Firmware: [https://github.com/pbrook/charliecube charliecube].
 
Connection is over USB. Talk to it with <code>python cube.py -P /dev/ttyACM0 -s 4</code>.
 
[http://leedshackspace.org.uk/2014/04/30/fixing-an-led-cube-with-hot-glue/ Blog post with videos].
 
== Martyn's desktop cube ==
 
An 8x8x8 cube of 10mm RGB LEDs in an acrylic case.  Split into four independent boards, each driven by an ATMEGA328 and 3 PWM driver chips.
 
Connection is over wifi: when at the space it has hostname "cuboid". Talk to it with <code>python cube.py -P cuboid:3000</code>.
 
Firmware and protocol is [https://github.com/pbrook/10lol here].
 
== LED Array ==
 
Not a cube at all, 32x8 RGB LEDs in a rectangular array. Made around June.
 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ajtag/14503776395/
 
== Über Cube ==
 
The big one, about 2 metres on a side. Each pixel is a strip of 6 RGB LEDs inside a pair of nested plastic drinking cups, driven by an ATtiny (one per pixel!).
 
Firmware: [https://github.com/pbrook/lightcube lightcube].
 
Exhibited at Leeds City Museum on Friday 3rd October as part of Light Night 2014.
 
Matt talking about the cube and the space: [http://www.lightnightleeds.co.uk/33-news-leeds-hackspace-hackspace-cube.html Hackspace Cube].


== References: ==
== References: ==

Revision as of 18:07, 6 October 2014

In 2014 cube-mania struck the space.

pycubedemo contains driver for the various cube boards, a cube emulator and a repository of demo patterns.

The Cubes

Mini 4x4x4 cube

A mono cube made of 64 charlieplexed 5mm LEDs (4x4x4), completed around the end of April. Constructed by pbrook.

Firmware: charliecube.

Connection is over USB. Talk to it with python cube.py -P /dev/ttyACM0 -s 4.

Blog post with videos.

Martyn's desktop cube

An 8x8x8 cube of 10mm RGB LEDs in an acrylic case. Split into four independent boards, each driven by an ATMEGA328 and 3 PWM driver chips.

Connection is over wifi: when at the space it has hostname "cuboid". Talk to it with python cube.py -P cuboid:3000.

Firmware and protocol is here.

LED Array

Not a cube at all, 32x8 RGB LEDs in a rectangular array. Made around June.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ajtag/14503776395/

Über Cube

The big one, about 2 metres on a side. Each pixel is a strip of 6 RGB LEDs inside a pair of nested plastic drinking cups, driven by an ATtiny (one per pixel!).

Firmware: lightcube.

Exhibited at Leeds City Museum on Friday 3rd October as part of Light Night 2014.

Matt talking about the cube and the space: Hackspace Cube.

References:

Tweets

Youtube

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