Customizable LED Lamp

myminifactory

I recently acquired some LED 16x16 panels, which arrived a few days ago, and thought I'd design another LED lamp to place above my printers so that when they're printing, the sign/lamp is on. While designing it, I decided to make it customizable for people to either keep my original logo or create their own one. Lately, I've been experimenting with embedding magnets into prints. Considering this, I thought I'd embed a magnet into the logo (diffuser) so that it's quick and easy to swap out. I designed the lamp into fewer parts than my previous project: front, middle, and back. -The front consists of a logo, sign, or diffuser, which can be whatever you like since I've added a blank diffuser if you want it plain or keep the original one '3D Printing in Progress' or put your own design on it. The logo has four voids in the print so you can do a filament change when you reach the top of the void, which stops the print, and then push the magnet in and resume the print. The magnets are 6mm x 3mm round. -The middle section provides an air gap to keep the LEDs from being too close to the front, a little depth to maintain the lamp's upright position, and four flat hex head screws that the magnets hold onto. These screws cannot be made of stainless steel as it won't work. -The back holds all the electronics and LEDs, making it very easy to wire and modify if needed. I couldn't resist adding the Open Source logo on the back to break up its plain appearance. It turned out better than expected. I decided not to make the Arduino Nano accessible from the outside since once I found a sketch that I liked, I wouldn't change it. However, you can still access the Nano if you unscrew the back. The electronics used were an Arduino Nano, LM2596 DC-DC Buck converter, tactile button, DC Jack, and WS2812B 16x16 LED panel. The hardware consisted of four M3 6mm flat hex screws and four M3 6mm round head screws. I utilized Prusa Galaxy Black, 3DFillies Black, and 3DFillies Marble filaments, all of which are PLA. The total print size is 200mm x 180mm. I based the electronics off Joe Casha's (3D Maker Noob) YouTube video but used different LEDs. You can still use some of the FastLED sketches, but I went with the NoisePlusPalette one since they're designed for this type of LED. I added the tactile button even though I'm not using it just in case someone wants to use it. This is the original video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfRFWxaPOLY&list=WL&index=15&t=440s I printed Joe's design, which gave me my first glimpse at Arduino. It's sitting on my desk as I really like the design. My previous project can be found here: www.myminifactory.com/object/3d-print-open-source-hardware-logo-led-lamp-100388