Led Table

Photos

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  Led Install

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  Led Array

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  Led Array Test

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  Cube Install

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  Led Cube Test

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  Led Array Test Fit

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  Top

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  Top On

Videos

Led Table Video 1

Led Table Video 2

Led Table Video 3

Goals

• Coffee Table of Addressable Leds (Done)
• Interface for creating animations, new effects, light demos (Done)
• Raspberry Pi Control for expansion (Done)
• Image based Animations (Done)

Members

• Mikel Duke (project leader)

Status

• 06/12/2013 Leds Arrived, Began Design of Led assembly for laser cutting
• 06/13/2013 Laser Cut the Led Assembly, and glue leds in
• 06/14/2013 Built the led array and support frame, mounted power supply, and tested
• 07/03/2013 The table frame has been built, and I have begun to stain it.
• 07/08/2013 A sheet of Soft Ice Acrylic has been bought from Allied Plastics for $45. It is 36"x24" and will be used for the top to diffuse the leds.
• 07/10/2013 I finally found a Raspberry Pi and will be looking into using it in combination with the Arduino Uno for more power and higher level language support.
• 07/13/2013 The table has been built and brought home. Some extra trim needs to be added around the top to allow for a better fit.
• 11/19/2013 Successfully got the Arduino to read full rgb led byte arrays over the USB connection from the Raspberry Pi using a Java app
• 04/26/2014 I finally uploaded code to GitHub for the progess so far. The Arduino uses a USB interface to a Raspberry Pi which runs Apache, php, and MySQL. This allows for a webpage based interface to a java program which talks to the Arduino. BMP Image loading and animations are now possible.

Done

• Make a fancy coffee table to put the led array in
• Research using a rPi or PCDuino instead of Arduino for greater flexibility
• Hookup the Pi and Arduino over usb, write java to access it over serial, and a php page for the interface

Resources

Parts

• 2 50 addressable led strings
• Arduino UNO
• 5V 10A Power Supply
• Power Cord and plug
• Power Switch
• Misc Wires
• 5 4x2ft sheets of MDF
• Other wood as needed
• Silver/White Glossy Spray Paint
• Misc Fittings/Screws/Bolts
• 36"x24" Soft Ice Acrylic Sheet

Notes

• The wiring for the led strands I used was different than expected and will vary between suppliers.

Software

Demo Code: Adafruit WS2801 Demo and Example

Raspberry Pi: Pi4J

GitHub: LedTable Code