So in my infinite wisdom to follow MaltWhiskeys 16x16x16 cube project, I finally dove in and if you want to look at what 4200 LEDs that have been bent and cut look like, here ya go. Those bowls probably weight about 3 lbs a piece. I’ve been keeping track of the time and it’s taken 60 hours just to prep them. It took MW 80 hours to do it but I got friends to help and also spent just 10 hours sharpie marking the front side because squinting at which side is which after they’ve been cut is awful after about 10 minutes. Also fun fact! Just the cost of the LEDs eclipsed the entire cost of the 8x8x8 cube including tools and soldering irons I purchased!
Also for those who have seen the video of his project, I’m going to use the PixelBlaze, or more likely multiple PBs to push it. Mainly because his Teensy uses C/C+ and I don’t know anyone who knows those (and I’m already struggling with JS) but I know multiple people that know Javascript plus the amount of support on here so here’s a question! It’s gonna be 4096 LEDs on 32 different channels. Were definitely looking at multiple output expanders and technically I know 1 PB can handle that number of LEDs but how would that transfer to framerate? How many in theory might I need to handle that many LEDs if anyone has a guess?
I’ve done a bit of research on the forums and I know there’s going to have to be code adjustments to the patters if more than one PB is involved. How significant are we talking theoretically. Thanks yall!