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Interactive LED table
Here is a guided instructable on how to make your own Interactive LED table using one of the kits from Evil Mad Sciencitst.
Here is a video of my final table in action in the dark, and a photo of what it looks like:
step 1Choose your size, and Design a Table
Evil Mad Scientist offer 2 sizes for their table, a 6 panel kit and an 8 panel kit. Both of them can be configured in 3 different ways, so before you can start designing y
step 2Buy the lumber
After you"ve made your design, and measured out all the materials you need, time to take a trip (or two as in most cases with DIY, stuff), to Home Depot/Lowes, to get the w
step 3Put the legs together
Lay out the wood on the floor (or table), and make the marks for cuts. Cut them (use a miter saw, much, much more accurate then by hand), be sure to choose the nicer side
step 4Fill in the holes
After the legs are built, you should fill in the cracks and screw holes with wood filler. I also used ran a router with a 1/4 inch half circle bit around the edges to sm
step 5Stain & Polyurethane (or paint) the legs
I choose [
http://www.minwax.com/products/floors/woodfinish-color.cfm Minwax Cherry 235]Minwax Cherry 235 for the stain color, and [http://www.minwax.com/products/protective
step 6Build the Tray to hold the LEDs
The tray is a very important part of the build process. The LEDs and circuit board must be rigidly attached to something, and that"s where the tray comes in. You can
step 7Cross Braces
without them, the table will just fall apart (well,not really, but they add a lot of stability) put both sets of legs on top of each other, and and tray on top of that
step 8Get the kit parts together
Now comes the most exciting part, making the individual boards that contain the LEDs, and all that fun stuff. All this stuff is included in the kit from Evil Mad Scienti
step 9solider lots of LEDs, and resistors in
The kits come with very detailed instructions on how to put in the resistors, capacitors, LEDs, and microchips. It"s a very simple, if not long process. The most time
step 10Repeat step 9 five (or seven) more times
Repeat step 9 five more times if you have the 6 panel kit, or seven more times if the 8 panel kit. You definitely want to test each panel as you finish them, this way yo
step 11Attach Legs to the tray
Now, this step could have been done up by step 7, but chances are you will be making this table way before you get all the electronic pieces, (current waiting list is mid J
step 12Put the PCBs into the tray
Take apart the tested panels, and begin positioning them inside the tray (Note, they should only be able to fit one way if you made the tray the correct size). Be sure t
step 13Put the Glass on
We put 1/4 inch wide black speaker gasket around the top of the try to prevent the glass from slipping around. It gives the table a nice finished look to it I think.
Step 14You"re Done, time to play!
That"s it, you"re finished! After all that hard work, you should have a very nice, very fun, very awesome interactive LED table. Be sure to invite all your friends over t
