LED - Cube
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LED Cube
supported skills: creativity and cognition
Material
1 LED cube
- 1 laptop
Supervisor
- 1 person
Group size
- 2 - 5 pupils
Schedule
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The LED cube contains 512 colored LEDs in a grid of 8 rows, 8 columns and 8 levels. Each LED can be controlled individually according to the basic colors red, green and blue.
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The LED cubes are addressed via the programming language MakeCode from Microsoft, so that information can be displayed in three dimensions or simply achieve great visual effects.
Domgymnasium in Magdeburg
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As part of the Herbstuni, the pupils programmed a LED cube, which then lights up horizontally and vertically. It was possible to regulate the speed with the A button, and the B button to reset the program.
In this example, students programmed a 5x5x5 cubebit using makecode programming. The aim of the program was to light each level in a different color.
In the video, you can see an L3D cube, which was programmed by a employee of the faculty to show the different lighting possibilities of the cubes impressively.