I decided to make a DIY project that consists of a matrix made out of foam board with a locking mechanism. I started by designing the pattern for the grid which would be around 1.4 cm thick in order to allow the light to get diffuse properly, so I trimmed my foam boards to a width of 24.5 cm, as it was easier to create ten 2 cm squares and make my life simpler by not settling for a height of 1.4 cm, but used 1.8 cm instead, because that is the height of my ruler which means I don't have to measure and can simply cut after creating eighteen of those slices.

I used the same tactic as before with my prototype to create the Locking pattern, which is quite a bit bigger this time. Just in case you're confused by now, you can check out the video description to find more detailed instructions with sketches and proper measurements to recreate this project easily once all the slices with patterns are recreated. It was a sample time by simply locking all of the parts together and then it was finally time for the 100 LEDs which I snipped into individual pieces beforehand to mount them.

I marked a 24.5 by 24.5 square onto my beach plywood and created the shape with my scroll saw and my angara as a guideline, then I marked the grid pattern onto this piece of woods and hot glued one LED roughly in the middle of each square afterwards. I drilled 400 holes with the help of a Ry tool next to each 5 volts ground data in and data out pads for the power wiring.

I firstly cut twenty pieces of 1.5 sare mm wire to size strip the installation off and H glued one wire above and underneath each LED row, then I use silver copper wire to hook up the LED's 5vt and ground pin to the respective power rail in order to complete this wiring madness. I use silver copper wire once again to create small bridges that connect the data in of each LED in a row to the previous LED data out.

After using smaller pieces of the 1.5 sare mm wire to connect the 5 volt and ground power R together it was time for the first test of each row which turned out to be success so I connected the last data out of each row to the following row's First Data in through the help of flexible 0.75 mm wire and just like that the Matrix was complete and works flawlessly.

I positioned the foam board grid on top of it and secured it to the board with small drops of hot glue next, I marked the necessary acryilic glass square with measurements of 24.5 x 24.5 cm used the jigsaw to create the shape and positioned it on top of the LEDs. The summarized thickness so far was around 25 mm so I decided to create sides with a height of around 48 mm to leave enough space for the cabling.

Like always, I used my favorite measure of 24.5 CM as the width but also added one extra cm this time so that I could create a rectangle pattern on each side which can later be used to lock the sides together. After creating the pieces with my jigsaw I added them to the Matrix in order to mark a nice spot for the dcj and the Arduino Nano Mini U speed Port.

I created the cutouts move a drill, a scroll saw, and files and then joined the sides together to bond them permanently with wood glue and a couple drops of H glue. After that was dry I secured the DC jack and the Arduino Nano with two component adhesive connected the tcjs terminals to the power rails of the Matrix and finally connected the First Data in to pin three of the Arduino and the 5 volts and ground pin to the power rail as well.

The last step would consist of securing the Acrylic glass into place with a drop of hot glue and closing the frame from the back with another piece of beach plywood. And just like that, you can create your own awesome looking Matrix mine is definitely not perfect but I'm still very happy with the results, I hope you like this project if so don't forget to like share and subscribe that would be awesome consider supporting me through patreon to keep such videos coming stay creative and I will see you next time.

WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enin this video I will show you how to create the small 10x10 LED Matrix that can display mesmerizing animations ladders and everything you can think of because it is rather simple to program code for the utilize ws2812b LEDs and the uino Nano microcontroller through the fast LED Library so let's not waste any more time and let's get started with the build first off I got myself a foam board with a thickness of 5 mm installed the Prototype build by creating an excessively High strip out of it with my box cutter I then divided that strip into four equal parts marked the center line of all of them and also marked two 5 mm wide slits with a distance of 2 cm to each other and remove them afterwards with the help of an exacto knife those four pieces should then easily lock together in order to form a gits in which each Square receives one of those WS 2812b SMD LEDs in order to work they require a 5f supply voltage and just one data signal from your favorite microcontroller in my case the adino Uno after uploading a simple test code each of the required 100 LEDs for this project light up one after the other which means they function correctly but as soon as I lit up all of them at once my lap bench power supply reached its current limits which means that a power supply with a current capability of at least 4 amps is necessary later on after this test I cut off one LED for my prototype and got myself another key ingredient for this build 4 mm thick Beach plywoods I created a 2x2 cm square piece out of it with my saw that fits snugly inside the square of my grits and then I brought in the last important material 2.5 mm thick opal acrylic glass this time I cut out a bigger square of 4x4 cm and used hot glue afterwards to attach it to the Grits then I also glude the LED to the piece of Woods drel three small holes next to the 5f ground and data imp pads and saw the wire on those three pads I powered up the LED through my Rino Uno and pushed it down into the square of the grids in order to determine an acceptable distance from the led to the glass so that the light gets diffuse properly which seems to be around 1.4 CM that should be the minimum height of the grid with that value in mind I proceeded to trim my foam boards to a width of 24.5 CM which is necessary to create 10 2 cm squares and to make my life easier I did not settle for a height of 1.4 CM I used 1.8 cm instead because that is the height of my ruler which means I don't have to measure I can simply cut after creating 18 of those slices I use the same tactic as before with my prototype to create the Locking pattern which is quite a bit bigger this time and just in case you're confused by now you can check out the video description to find more detailed instructions with sketches and proper measurements to recreate this project easily once all the slices with patterns recreated it was a samply Time by simply locking all of the parts together and then it was finally time for the 100 LEDs which I snipped into individual pieces beforehand to mount them I marked a 24.5 by 24.5 Square onto my beach plywoods and create the shape with my scroll saw and my angara as a guideline then I Mark the grid pattern onto this piece of woods and hot glued One LED roughly in the middle of each Square afterwards I drilled 400 holes with the help of a Ry tool next to each 5 volts ground data in and data out pads for the power wiring I firstly cut 20 pieces of 1.5 sare mm wire to size strip the installation off and H glud one wire above and underneath each LED row then I use silver copper wire to hook up the LED's 5vt and ground pin to the respective power rail in order to complete this wiring Madness I use silver copper wire once again to create small bridges that connect the data in of each LED in a row to the previous LED data out and after using smaller pieces of the 1.5 Square mm wire to connect the 5 volt and ground power R together it was time for the first test of each row which turned out to be success so I connected the last data out of each row to the following Row's First Data in through the help of flexible 0.75 mm wire and just like that the Matrix was complete and works flawlessly so I positioned the foam board grid on top of it and secured it to the board with small drops of hul glue next I marked the necessary acryilic glass square with measurements of 24.5 x 24.5 CM used the jigsaw to create the shape and positioned it on top of the LEDs the summarized thickness so far was around 25 mm so I decided to create sides with a height of around 48 mm to leave enough space for the cabling like always I used my favorite measure of 24.5 CM as the width but also added one extra CM this time so that I could create a rectangle pattern on each side which can later be used to lock the sides together after I created the pieces with my jigsaw I added them to the Matrix in order to Mark a nice spot for the dcj and the alduino Nano Mini U speed Port I created the cutouts mve a drill a scroll saw and files and then joined the sides the g once again to bond them permanently with wood glue and a couple drops of H glue after that was dry I secured the DC jack and the aino Nano with two component adhesive connected the tcjs terminals to the power rails of the Matrix and finally connected the First Data in to pin three of the alduino and the 5 volts and ground pin to the power rer as well the last step would consist of securing the Aquilla glass into place with a drop of hot glue and closing the frame from the back with another piece of beach Plywood And just like that you can create your own awesome looking Matrix mine is definitely not perfect but I'm still very happy with the results I hope you like this project if so don't forget to like share and subscribe that would be awesome consider supporting me through patreon to keep keep such videos coming stay creative and I will see you next timein this video I will show you how to create the small 10x10 LED Matrix that can display mesmerizing animations ladders and everything you can think of because it is rather simple to program code for the utilize ws2812b LEDs and the uino Nano microcontroller through the fast LED Library so let's not waste any more time and let's get started with the build first off I got myself a foam board with a thickness of 5 mm installed the Prototype build by creating an excessively High strip out of it with my box cutter I then divided that strip into four equal parts marked the center line of all of them and also marked two 5 mm wide slits with a distance of 2 cm to each other and remove them afterwards with the help of an exacto knife those four pieces should then easily lock together in order to form a gits in which each Square receives one of those WS 2812b SMD LEDs in order to work they require a 5f supply voltage and just one data signal from your favorite microcontroller in my case the adino Uno after uploading a simple test code each of the required 100 LEDs for this project light up one after the other which means they function correctly but as soon as I lit up all of them at once my lap bench power supply reached its current limits which means that a power supply with a current capability of at least 4 amps is necessary later on after this test I cut off one LED for my prototype and got myself another key ingredient for this build 4 mm thick Beach plywoods I created a 2x2 cm square piece out of it with my saw that fits snugly inside the square of my grits and then I brought in the last important material 2.5 mm thick opal acrylic glass this time I cut out a bigger square of 4x4 cm and used hot glue afterwards to attach it to the Grits then I also glude the LED to the piece of Woods drel three small holes next to the 5f ground and data imp pads and saw the wire on those three pads I powered up the LED through my Rino Uno and pushed it down into the square of the grids in order to determine an acceptable distance from the led to the glass so that the light gets diffuse properly which seems to be around 1.4 CM that should be the minimum height of the grid with that value in mind I proceeded to trim my foam boards to a width of 24.5 CM which is necessary to create 10 2 cm squares and to make my life easier I did not settle for a height of 1.4 CM I used 1.8 cm instead because that is the height of my ruler which means I don't have to measure I can simply cut after creating 18 of those slices I use the same tactic as before with my prototype to create the Locking pattern which is quite a bit bigger this time and just in case you're confused by now you can check out the video description to find more detailed instructions with sketches and proper measurements to recreate this project easily once all the slices with patterns recreated it was a samply Time by simply locking all of the parts together and then it was finally time for the 100 LEDs which I snipped into individual pieces beforehand to mount them I marked a 24.5 by 24.5 Square onto my beach plywoods and create the shape with my scroll saw and my angara as a guideline then I Mark the grid pattern onto this piece of woods and hot glued One LED roughly in the middle of each Square afterwards I drilled 400 holes with the help of a Ry tool next to each 5 volts ground data in and data out pads for the power wiring I firstly cut 20 pieces of 1.5 sare mm wire to size strip the installation off and H glud one wire above and underneath each LED row then I use silver copper wire to hook up the LED's 5vt and ground pin to the respective power rail in order to complete this wiring Madness I use silver copper wire once again to create small bridges that connect the data in of each LED in a row to the previous LED data out and after using smaller pieces of the 1.5 Square mm wire to connect the 5 volt and ground power R together it was time for the first test of each row which turned out to be success so I connected the last data out of each row to the following Row's First Data in through the help of flexible 0.75 mm wire and just like that the Matrix was complete and works flawlessly so I positioned the foam board grid on top of it and secured it to the board with small drops of hul glue next I marked the necessary acryilic glass square with measurements of 24.5 x 24.5 CM used the jigsaw to create the shape and positioned it on top of the LEDs the summarized thickness so far was around 25 mm so I decided to create sides with a height of around 48 mm to leave enough space for the cabling like always I used my favorite measure of 24.5 CM as the width but also added one extra CM this time so that I could create a rectangle pattern on each side which can later be used to lock the sides together after I created the pieces with my jigsaw I added them to the Matrix in order to Mark a nice spot for the dcj and the alduino Nano Mini U speed Port I created the cutouts mve a drill a scroll saw and files and then joined the sides the g once again to bond them permanently with wood glue and a couple drops of H glue after that was dry I secured the DC jack and the aino Nano with two component adhesive connected the tcjs terminals to the power rails of the Matrix and finally connected the First Data in to pin three of the alduino and the 5 volts and ground pin to the power rer as well the last step would consist of securing the Aquilla glass into place with a drop of hot glue and closing the frame from the back with another piece of beach Plywood And just like that you can create your own awesome looking Matrix mine is definitely not perfect but I'm still very happy with the results I hope you like this project if so don't forget to like share and subscribe that would be awesome consider supporting me through patreon to keep keep such videos coming stay creative and I will see you next time