[Noisebridge-discuss] 3D RGB LED matrix

[Tymm Twillman]

Looks like it's wired "charlieplexed" which is at least a place to start.

I couldn't see from the link what the controlling hardware is; if it's like an AVR or like an 89c51 or what.  Cleanest (though not necessarily easiest, based on CPU) would be to program a similar chip to what's on there with new stuff, if you can't wipe the current one & reprogram it.

Could almost certainly be controlled via Arduino if you really wanted, though you might have to implement shift registers to get enough pins.



On Nov 28, 2010, at 12:51 PM, sam sobell wrote:

> I recently came into possession of a Hi-Tec Art cube (www.hi-tecart.com/products/cube-1/cube#1). I found it a little boring that it could only run through a per-arranged pattern, and I was hoping to remove it's LEDs and create a programmable 3D RGB LED matrix. The main issue I am facing is finding a way to drive the matrix, and I was wondering if anybody knew of any relatively easy and inexpensive ways of doing so? I have a fair amount of electronics experience, and I am definitely interested in learning more. I also have a fair amount of coding experience for actually writing the program to drive the LEDs. So, any bright ideas noisebridge?
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