Project Snowflake - 3D Printed LED light sculpture

Project Snowflake - Completed with my Kids involving 3D printing, Electronics construction & Arduino programming of LED's

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Here is Project Snowflake - A project completed with my Kids as a way to do some 3D printing, Electronics construction and Arduino programming of LED light sequences. Using the Awesome Adafruit Neopixel Libraries and almost any Arduino board.

The 3D Printed light sculpture is waterproof and can be used outside - hanging in a tree ideally.

Materials and methods

My Blog post here for further help and advice - http://richrap.blogspot.co.uk/2016/06/project-snowflake-this-project-started.html

You will need to print 30 of the 3D Model segments, they fit together without the need for glue.

We used a Strip of waterproof WS2811 LED's from China - 50 are around $20US or less they are the 12mm type, and will snap-fit into the 3D printed modules.

A small Arduino board is also required.

Attached is a project file to get the LED's to dance. It's based on the Awesome adafruit Neopixel libraries and sample code.

A 12v or 5 v power supply of around 2 Amps (voltage depends on what type of LED's you order)

And do make sure to check out the essential Neopixel Uberguide on the adafruit website here -
https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-neopixel-uberguide/overview

Documents

Project Snowflake
ZIP – 35 kb
Version 1 - Jun 11, 2016
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Rich Rap Project Snowflake Module To Be Printed Hollow 30 Times
STL – 180 kb
Version 1 - Jun 11, 2016
12:31 h – 79 g – 153×98×93 mm
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Version 1 - June 11, 2016 13:10
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DonnaTyler added this to the DonnaTyler collection over 1 year ago

Felipe Ayub added this to the Luminária collection over 1 year ago

Mysguyded added this to the Stuff collection almost 4 years ago

figge added this to the Lamp, lighting and related collection over 4 years ago

Janni Tara Skjoldborg added this to the Jul collection over 5 years ago

bic2017 added this to the Produit001 collection over 5 years ago

Matthias Lausch printed this about 6 years ago

Printed on:: Ultimaker 2+
Result:: Fantastic
Feedback:: Could not get a LED strip with enough distance between two LEDs.

road_thing added this to the snowflake collection over 6 years ago

SpikeUK printed this over 6 years ago

Printed on:: prusa i3
Result:: Each piece printed perfectly. https://youtu.be/Z6lp8Dd5w5w
Feedback:: Fantastic design Rich. I have also added a small box for the electronics and brackets to enable it to be suspended on an M8 threaded rod.

Richard Horne commented almost 7 years ago

Hi SpikeUK, that looks really great. I'm pleased it came out well and all fitted.

SpikeUK printed this almost 7 years ago

Printed on:: prusa i3
Result:: The results were exactly as Rich said they would be. All sections fitted together perfectly with exactly the right amount of friction to force a very secure design. I have everything to complete the build, except for the LED string, which is on order from China.

SpikeUK added this to the Christmas collection almost 7 years ago

Richard Horne published this design almost 7 years ago

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