Output pin

driving a column
Five columns driving
a wall pane
By pulling a column pin high, the anodes of 5 leds are high. By pulling a
floor pane low, the cathodes of 25 leds low. The led at the crossing lights up.
Output pin
driving a
floor pane
Wall pane 2 Wall pane 1 (front) Wall pane 3 Wall pane 4 Wall pane 5 (back)
Top
floor
plane
Bottom
floor
plane
Led Cube: electrical design
Maarten Pennings 2009 October 20 Pg 1
The columns and floors are the driving
elements of the electrical design
A row of a wall pane Five floor panes
The walls and rows are the
element of assemblage
Bottom floor plane
Top floor plane
Columns
Electrical design
Physical layout
Columns
Front wall pane
Back wall pane
Led Cube: mechanical design
Maarten Pennings 2009 October 20 Pg 2
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7
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6
8
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6
3
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0
3
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0
5.0
Connection of a single led (scale 2:1)
50 50 50 50 10 10
A row of leds
Column wire
Row wire
Column wire
Wire connecting the 5
rows in a floor plane Row wire
Wire connecting the 5
rows in a floor plane
3
.
0
Bottom view
Solder
50 50 50 50 10 10
5
0
5
0
5
0
5
0
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A wall of leds (scale 1:2)