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DIY RGB PANEL HOW TO

Then it sends individual pixel instructions over a COM port (USB) to an ESP8266 which sends it over WiFi to another ESP8266 which is connected to the panel. The original design is that LMCSHD does the calculations for displaying whatever you want onto a grid of any size. The project page includes some programs for the ESP8266 boards as well as a custom version of LMCSHD. The grids got hot glued on top of the LED strips and then a layer of diffuser cloth was upholstered on as well.This resulted in even power distribution across the panel so the colors looked the same in each LED. Those boards couldn’t provide enough power for the whole strip though, so I used a 5v power supply to inject power at three points along the panel.

One of those boards got hooked up to the start of the panel and I was able to make a light move through all the lights in the strip. Their main feature is that they have a WiFi chip built in. I had never worked with these before, but they were amazingly powerful for only a few bucks each. I bought ESP8266 boards to be the drive the display.That was almost 100 solder joints but thankfully they all worked.

Each strip has positive, negative, and data wires and I had to solder connections between each wire in a snake pattern across all 16 strips.

That would have increased reflectivity and provided a little fire protection. In retrospect, I wish I would have glued down some aluminum foil and then put the lights on top.

The four LED strips that I purchased got cut down into strips of 36 lights and laid across a piece of cardboard.

I ended up making 4×4 grids because that fit easily on my printer and tiled nicely into my 36×16 panel size. I had to adjust the provided STL files to fit into my smaller printer.

I 3D printed a bunch of grids where each cell was perfectly sized to the spacing of the specific LED strips that I bought.

This video is shared for demonstration purposes only.If you read the link to the project above, you’ll see all the steps that I followed, but basically it consisted of the following: Tamron 28-75mm F2.8 RXD A036SF Lens for Sony-FE : List of camera and lighting equipment I use: Provide continual and dependable support through Patreon: Optional square panels available for a donation to the channel: The WLED firmware can be downloaded from here:ģD printed parts, wiring diagrams, FAQ etc can be found here: These are some of my favourite tools I use and can recommend: Optional Square panels to enhance your project: ■ Some 20AWG wire (0.8128mm in diameter): ■ Barrel connector suitable for at least 5amps ■ Acrylic sheets (1 A4 sheet = 3 triangles): ■ 12v WS2811 LED’s (A 5 meter roll is enough for 12 panels): List of items used in this project and where to find them:

DIY RGB PANEL HOW TO

I’ll show you step by step how to make your own. They have built in Wifi control which is driven by the feature rich WLED firmware running on a Wemos D1 Mini. They can be arranged in any pattern to suit any space and thanks to the low cost of only around ￡3.40 a panel it won’t break the bank. Meet Geoleaf, my low cost and 3D printable version of Nanoleaf lighting panels. How to build a very smart and low cost geometric lighting system.