8x8x8 LED CUBE WITH ARDUINO UNO

Source code and schematic can be found on my GitHub

PART LIST:
5mm diffused blue LEDs x 512
20 AWG tinned copper wire
5V 10A regulated switching power supply
Ribbon cables
PN2222 transistors x 16
220 ohm resistors x 64
74HC595 shift registers x 9
Arduino Uno R3

Solder
Soldering iron
Prototyping board
Wires
Buttons
Red LED
Green LED

Wooden board
Wood glue
Clamps
Spray paint
Foam boards

[tanburiney]

Even watching it made me exhausted. Can't imagine doing it. Nice project..

[potatozu]

This must have taken a lot of work and patience to complete! Great project!

[RapaRukka]

Awesome project. Just started Arduino, means a long road to go. Inspirations makes it easier to take the first step of 1.000 steps. Admire the work done!!!

[joshuakuehn]

First 75 second take away that just shattered my life: I can straighten wires by spinning them using a hand drill! I have to try this.

[corpz]

It would be perfect if u record with the room's light off

[stevelawson]

That drill motor wire straightening technique is a new one for me ;) Awesome video--thanks!

[angeltorres]

I did a project for school 3 years ago based on this video, and now I found it again, so nostalgic view it again

[rubenjames]

Respect, dude! This is like knitting for geeks. I didn't even have the patience to watch the entire video.

[yourdiytechlife]

That is so cool, great idea but I must admit I don’t have the patience to solder all those leds together 😁

[XpideRG]

That is freaking mesmerizing to watch!
Now I want to build one!

[KarlHerzog]

This is so cool. Could be used to simulate memory blocks for teaching purposes. I'd hook up a number pad and control buttons, it'd be awesome!

[HariWiguna]

I like how you used binder clips to hold wire at consistent height. Clever!

[jamiesmith]

Instead of 1 LED at each node, use 3 so you can produce any color and program it to be a Rubic's cube with 3 knobs at the base to "rotate" the pieces and another set of 3 knobs "rotate" the entire cube at once.

[HKKyoya]

Same exact design a few of us came up with in shop in highschool. I love to see that we weren't the only ones who thought of this. Awesome build!

[liquidthex]

3:05 - One layer of LEDs
3:06 - Entire thing is built

So much for gaining any soldering insights from this video.

[chillichilli]

Would be fun to build this with RGB LEDs and make a 3D Pong game or 3D Snake or something like that...

[notlone]

Imagine getring this leds casted in some transparent resin or semi transparent one. That would make a cool desktop lamp

[michaelluckett]

after years of watching videos, this is one of the very best!

[abhinandanmalhotra]

Wow ! How difficult would it had been for you to think about the connections from scratch and program to execute the result which is incredible !

[lionking]

This is a lot of work bro. Digital clock with this idea would be great.