A Maker by the name of Alexander has just completed building an addressable RGB LED Coffee Table at a local hackerspace (Sector67) in Madison, Wisconsin.
To kick off the project, Alexander purchased two 4′x8′ pieces of 2.8mm bamboo plywood – after learning art of woodworking at Sector67.
“Having never used a laser cutter before either, Alexander was quickly fed up with the crappy laser interface software, so instead, he hand wrote the shapes as SVGs in notepad and then converted them to DXFs,” explained HackADay’s James Hobson.
“That sounds like a rather slow way to do it, but he thinks it ended up being quicker since it’s all straight lines. Two hours of laser time later, and he had a series of slotted strips to create the grid for the LEDs.”
To illuminate the table, Alexander chose big 12mm RGB LEDs ordered from eBay, which arrived in four strands of 50. A 5V 12A PSU provides power, with an Atmel-based Arduino tasked with addressing.
Interested in learning more about the addressable RGB LED coffee table? You can check out the project’s official page and additional images here.
Its an original RGB LED coffee table. Good job.
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