iCubeSmart 3D Led Cube Light DIY Kit With 3D Animation Editing Software Squared LED 8x8x8 Electronic Toy for Children and Teenagers Learning Activities Suit(3D8S-BLUE)

The 'Promise' is very attractive, the reality is much less so!

The media could not be loaded.  Atelier créatif pour un ado aimant souder. Rien de compliqué, juste de l'attention et de la patience et, en récompense, un résultat d'animation 3D plutôt réussie avec les séquences fournies et intégrées sur la carte support.Pour les plus ambitieux il est possible de modifier ou de créer de nouveaux modules d'animation grâce à un logiciel 3D mis à disposition via Google Drive et qui seront chargés sur la carte support par un connecteur USB fourni.Un problème ? L'équipe iCubeSmart est très réactive pour vous aider ...et en français !Finalement très satisfait de cet achat.

Nicely designed and relatively easy to put together with their guide. The final product is stunning with nice functionality and a bright, pleasing blue light. Helpful hint... TEST AFTER EVERY STEP. It is easy to make a mistake (you will be soldering over 1000 (yes 1,000!) connections and a single reversed polarity pin or short circuit will make it impossible to diagnose if you wait until the end. Just go slow and methodically and test with a multimeter after each section is completed and you'll be fine.

pas encore monté, pcb de bonne qualité, instruction en français !possibilité de trouver sur le net , le gestionnaire de programmation, et des videos de montage. beau jeu de patience souder 512 led!!!!

Soldering 512 leds into a 8x8x8 squared matrix (1024+ solder joints) - test, test, test as you build. The designer gives you everything you need to test. Using the motherboard as the matrix building jig was genius. Test each LED before soldering it into a matrix. I found about 5 bad LED's, but they give you way more than you need. Just find the bad ones before you have to unsolder them from one of the 8x8 panels.BE PATIENT - if you get in a hurry or take shortcuts, you'll find yourself rebending leads or cleaning solder bridges. Don't use more than a 30 watt iron and keep the iron to lead contact short. I have a temperature controllable iron, so I was able to get the temp down below 350° C.I couldn't get good bends on the anode leads with the plastic strip they provide, but the tip of a needle nose pliers works great.The instruction set is good - lots of pictures and detailed steps.I won't be building another one soon, but this one keeps the grandkids enthralled for a long time.

I recently purchased the 8x8x8 LED Cube kit and was very impressed with the included soldering jig. It made soldering the matrixes a breeze. However, after completing the soldering, my two-year-old son got ahold of the matrixes and twisted and bent them up, which resulted in almost a day's worth of re-soldering and testing. Thankfully, the kit comes with extra LEDs, which was a huge convenience.The instructions were decent and included helpful pictures that made assembly easy. However, I did find the software instructions a bit lacking. While the pre-loaded animations were neat, I would have liked the ability to adjust the speed of them. I had to use my multimeter to test the circuit board, as I wasn't sure how to use the built-in testing feature.Overall, this was a fun product that provided me with great soldering practice. While there were a few minor issues with the instructions and software, I would still recommend it to anyone looking for a challenging and fun DIY project.