I used a Plexiglas/PMMA sheet which was treated to look like opaque but it does let light through. Type of light diffusing: As you can see my panel is covered in a translucent piece of plastic, this causes a diffused effect. Disadvantages of a small panel include little/possible insufficient light and of course not the impression a huge one makes! A small panel can be easily moved and stored, also it does not use as much power and materials (so it will be cheaper in both the long and short run). Large/small: Both have it's advantages and disadvantages. And finally, I wanted to make this project as easy and straightforward as possible! Above you can see what the panel looks like, for some reason the video does not have any sound but there wasn't much to hear anyway.īefore we start buying materials and building a panel you have to ask yourself what you want your panel to look like: Large/small, type of light diffusing (or none at all), type of led, type of controller and material to make the frame out of. Also I wanted to use up as many materials I had laying around the house as I could. I wanted to make a large led panel that was light enough to hang on the ceiling with as little changes to the ceiling as possible. Before we begin I want to share the intended goal I had for this project. But I will also add information for variations so you have something to go on if you want to make yours different. In this instructable I will tell you about my panel, and you are absolutely welcome to follow my exact instructions. And last but not least the panel is controlled by a HC-008 and a H806SB wifi controller. With that much light the panel needs a lot of power, the led's are fed with 2 large power supplies (more about that later). The panel has 846 individual segments, and 2538 RGB led's. The panel was built over multiple days, but if you really wanted to get it done it is doable to build it in a day. The panel is just over 2.5 x 1 meters large which, in other term, is 8' 4" x 3' 4". Hello! Welcome to my instructable on how to make a HUGE addressable led panel, and when I say huge I mean really big.
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