[Nick] is a bit of an LED fanatic. So when his boss asked him to help make an LED Christmas tree for work, he jumped at the opportunity!
It’s a beautiful build, making use of laser(?) cut plexiglass disks, wooden “trunks” made using a lathe, and a TON of RGB LEDs. Unfortunately—because it turned out so nice—the company is thinking of selling it as a product next year, so [Nick] isn’t allowed to divulge much more information behind the build. Regardless, it looks fantastic , and we’re sure you could hack your own.
He was allowed to take a video of it though, so check it out after the break! He also has a ton of other very cool LED projects on his blog at www.hownottoengineer.com
Now, if that’s not big enough for you, you should take a look at this giant outdoor Christmas tree that sports 2000 waterproof RGB LEDs!
Oooooooo, pretty!
:-D
The attention to detail with the laser cut rings and machined trunk :O
Nice software too, must have taken a while with the non-standard led layout for things like the plasma, getting the interior colours to look good
Nice build :-D
That’s the Christmas spirit, profit!
using ws2812B ??
a nice demo of using the led strip !!
low cost..simple..
well done!!
Obviously it is a WS2801 waterproof 32L/m Strip. Do you know how a WS2812/WS2812B looks in the first place?
Wow, that was way way way way way way way way too long a video.
Flashy colorful lights, hopefully his company will supply enough “x” for everyone to enjoy.
Great build, but….
I have a terrible feeling that these will come swimming over from some Asian sweatshop to drown us in kitsch next year. Remember the singing Christmas trees? I wish I didn’t either.
Opportunity missed to stick an aluminum Festivus pole in the center.
But still a very nice build all around!
It looks very nice but I think as far as trade secrets go…. well it’s a pole and some discs with some LEDs… Unless they sell them in plain black boxes, it’s not gonna be hard to copy.
Agreed. All secrets were revealed in just the summary photograph here. The only thing hidden is the code behind his patterns which are also trivial to recreate.
They should have used double sided acrylic mirrors. Double the bling! NO! TO INFINITY AND BEYOND!