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Light up 3x3 (rubiks) cube

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Former Member over 9 years ago

So I've got into cubing recently, and I've got a few different cubes now. One of them is a transparent sticker-less cube. Each tile is made of a transparent, colored plastic and a very simple and cool mod for it could be to have a few LED's attached to the core to light it up from the inside. All attempts at a glow in the dark cube so far have used paint or stickers and are a bit of a let down. Although it sounds quite simple, there could be some challenge in fitting all the circuitry including a suitable battery inside the core. Also it would be preferable to be able turn it on from the outside somehow. It would be really cool to solve one of these in the dark, with all the colors flying around like a mini disco ball or something.

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  • beacon_dave
    beacon_dave over 9 years ago +1
    I used to have some translucent dice which lit up as you rolled them. The LED's were activated by a trembler spring switch. The circuit was about 15mm square and included a couple of LED's and a couple…
  • clem57
    clem57 over 9 years ago +1
    Here is an instructable LED Cube 8x8x8 give you some ideas. But on U-tube I saw this https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=ZOIEXGayZmM which sounds like what you are after.
  • beacon_dave
    beacon_dave over 9 years ago

    I used to have some translucent dice which lit up as you rolled them. The LED's were activated by a trembler spring switch. The circuit was about 15mm square and included a couple of LED's and a couple of button cell batteries which took up most of the space. Not sure how much smaller you would need to go to get it inside a Rubik's cube but it could have perhaps been made smaller by using surface mount LED's and differently shaped button cells.

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    clem57 over 9 years ago

    Here is an instructable LED Cube 8x8x8 give you some ideas. But on U-tube I saw this https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=ZOIEXGayZmM  which sounds like what you are after.

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