LED-Torus

This is an on-going project to create a 3D POV-fan. It aims to be a cross between an LED-cube and a POV-fan. Getting the same nice effect as a full-colour LED-cube, but using a rotating PCB and persistence-of-vision to get a much higher resolution, with a much simpler construction.

Contact: Kristian Nielsen <knielsen@knielsen-hq.org>

Links:

• OpenSCAD files for the mechanical design and concept.
• KiCAD files for the PCB/electronics.
• Source code for main program on STM32F4
• Source code for a wireless bootloader for STM32F4 to ease development on a spinning MCU
• Source code for OpenGL simulation, to show animations in a window on a PC

Pictures

LEDs soldered and shining:

The reverse side of the PCB:

Check here for high-resolution pictures of the soldered PCB (to aid in soldering another board).