USB Powered Lithophane 'Wikki Beach'

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Although the box/frame/stand is my own design, I made the lithophane by uploading a photo to lithophanemaker.com. The photo was taken on Wikki Beach when I visited Hawaii a few years ago. The panel is 70mm high, 80mm wide, and 3mm thick and pushes into the front of the assembled frame/stand/box. If you decide to use your own photo, just make sure you use the above dimensions. The light is provided by LEDs cut from a 5v USB-powered LED strip. They were cut into 3 strips of 4 LEDs and then soldered together with wire, before being glued onto the inside back cover of the box. A USB breakout board was then soldered on (see photo.) Once the LEDs had been tested, the frame/stand was slipped over the box and the USB cover fixed over the USB breakout board - M3 -8 bolts and nuts were used to secure the cover to the bottom of the stand.