Overview
Hand-Build a gorgeous 3 dimensional RGB LED Cube as a lighted desktop piece of animated artwork.
Have you seen a 3 dimensional RBG LED Cube in action? Do you love the look of RGB LEDs and fine hand soldered wires? This kit provides a pre-assembled and programmed main PCB board, 125 RGB LEDs, solid wire and a PIR sensor which can be used to create your own 5x5x5 RGB LED Cube. This makes a great night light, table art or conversation piece for your office or home. Warning -> Your office mates, friends or neighbors will want you to build one once they see this in action.
Create your own Custom Scenes
Unleash your artistic creativity! The LED Cube firmware contains over 12 custom scenes which repeat every ~3 minutes. You can add your own scenes using MPLAB X and MPLAB XC32 and writing your own ANSII C based scenes using the cubeFunc() APIs. These simple APIs enable you to change colors, set/clear pixels, draw lines and letters and even rotate the currently displayed image for animation. The source code for the custom scenes is provided as an example.
Learn how MPLAB Harmony was used to create this LED Cube
MPLAB Harmony USB, UART, Timer, Output Compare and SPI drivers and PILIBs were used to create the firmware controlling the LED Cube. The source code and Master’s presentation show you how the Harmony APIs were used and integrated with the LED Cube display and update code.
5x5x5 RGB LED Light Cube Kit based on PIC32MX270F256B
- 5x5x5 - 5 mm RGB LEDs
- 125 LEDs, 375 R-G-B connections
- 5 “Level” Common drive
- 75 12-bit PWMs, 68 Billion Colors
- Occupancy detection PIR turns cube On and Off
- USB Power, Bootloader and Control
- Light sensor for automatic dimming
- Bluetooth SPP Control via RN4677(Android/PC only)
- PIC32MX270F256B with 256K of Flash for custom scene creation
- Simple scene creation APIs allow you to create your own custom scenes!
- Assembled PCB with PIC32MX270, RN4677, MCP1703, Light Sensor, and LED Drivers
- 125 T5 RGB LEDs
- Passive Infrared (PIR) Sensor
- 40’ of 20 Gauge Tinned Solid Copper Wire
- Lead forming of LEDs and hand soldering each LED is required to complete assembly of this kit. Please review the LED Cube User’s Guide prior to purchasing this kit to ensure you can successfully complete its assembly.
- USB Boot loader and SPP requires PC running Windows 7 (see AN1388)
- Android platform for Bluetooth control (SSP is not supported on iOS)
- See system requirements for these tools:
Documentation
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| Microchip LED Cube Developer's Guide | User Guide | Download | ||
| LED Cube Cube Pictures | Miscellaneous | Download | ||
| LED Cube PCB Eagle Files | Miscellaneous | Download | ||
| LED Cube MASTERs 2016 Presentation | Miscellaneous | Download | ||
| LED Cube Firmware | Miscellaneous | Download | ||
| LED Cube 3D Models | Miscellaneous | Download |
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MPLAB REAL ICE In-Circuit Emulator System is Microchip’s next generation high speed emulator for Microchip Flash DSC® and MCU devices.
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The MPLAB ICD 3 is a mature product. For new designs, consider using the MPLAB ICD 5 (DV164055).
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