How to make a 16x16x16 LED CUBE at home with Arduino platform

This video is to give some insights in creating a very large LED CUBE.
I modeled this cube and construction jigs in fusion 360, led Driver PCB is made with KiCad. Code is programmed in PlatformIO using the Arduino Platform.

The dome is made from acrylic, I ordered that by size and glued it together with chloroform. All black plastic was printed on my CR10S-pro and glued with chloroform.

I have a custom PCB with a Teensy 4.0 mounted on it. Only 3 pins of the Teensy are used to drive 32 channels with 128 leds each. The refresh rate of the display and the animations is 178 frames per second. Everything is non blocking and refreshing the display is done with DMA taking zero processor time. There also is an esp8266 and a touchscreen connected to the PCB, that will need to be programmed at a later time.

Code and Gerber files are available for free, link is in the video.

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Track: Sunset — Metro Vice [Audio Library Release]
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[tiagoatalaia]

I usually don't like or dislike this kind of videos, but the work involved, the attention to details, and the end result is greater than most. And after that, you provide the code and the files to anyone that want to do the same project, for free!
Double thumbs up for you and this video!

[ThatmetalmanAu]

I’ve built many high performance audio amplifiers and preamplifiers, countless piwer supplies and too many projects to count over 43 years. This cube, my friend, is the ultimate end to end beautifully designed project I have laid eyes on. A real credit to you. If this was a kitset with a carefully written manual, I suspect you’d have a fair market at your disposal. Bravo!

[mergru]

Saw thumbnail "Ah this is cool, maybe I can make this for my living room"
Three minutes in "Never mind.."
Awesome project!

[Calthecool]

That is amazing. People who have never soldered anything before have no idea the hours that this must have taken.

[AlGoRythmAI]

can you imagine how a physics professor could use this to demonstrate all sorts of things in 3 dimensions? Can't do that on a whiteboard, you know? Amazing creation we should use to visualize in 3d for education

[RKurz]

Im an Software Engineer and an Electrical Engineer, and this Video hit diffrent, mate im stunned!
You are inspiring, thank you alot!

[Stabitzki]

20 Years ago i made a 8x8x8 Blue LED Cube with two shoolfriends as a project in school. This was heavy soldering fun. I can imagine how much work a 16x16x16 Cube was! Very nice work!!!

[jstro-hobbytech]

Incredible. That must've cost a fortune in materials and the skill to bring it all together. Amazing.

[InfinityWorkshop]

This project will be an excellent example of patience and knowledge together... For us and the future generation....

[Andysfishing]

This would have taken so long, amazing work.

[no-turdburglars_inc]

Imagine smaller LED's, more tightly grouped into something like 640x640x640 you could have a decent definition volumetric display!

[adil_daoudson]

YOU ARE WARRIOR . I have made the 8X8X8 simple led and i was about to die.... but this RGB16X16X16 is at least 15 times more complexe. You are crazy man ! Big kudos !!!

[JoseMartinez-gxzl]

As someone who has built 2 4x4 LED cubes before (and struggled a lot) I can appreciate just how monumentally impressive this is. Good job.

[HarrieWorst]

My wife asked why one would build this. My answer: just because it can! Hell of a job but I guess it must be quite pleasing and satisfying to build something this cool and make it to this level of perfection.

[rkobrin]

I'm an amateur maker and this is the ultimate build. You are an inspiration. I watch this video at least once a month.

[xboxter]

Mirrors on the two back walls would add an interesting effect. What a project! I've downloaded your git repository, thanks for sharing. I'm headed down the rabbit hole!

[AprendeCode]

Perhaps some people may see this as just technology, but it's indisputably much more than that... this is ART!

[SparrowHawk]

Fantastic build! You truly created a beautiful work of art, engineering, and wizardry here. The extreme attention to detail and design of the process (like the LED jig for bending the leads) is inspiring! Keep it up!

[lifechangingjourney]

painstakingly soldering 4096 rgbs and building all that is not an easy feat....mind blowing just, these are the people that deserve millions of

[laudbentil]

After seeing how much work went into a different project of 8x8x8 led cube.
For 16x16x16...I just click Subscribe, no questions asked.