Tindie

I'm so glad that I found this kit: it is the real deal and I am doubtful that I would have pulled it off otherwise.

The parts arrived quickly and safely. If you're debating whether to get the assembled kit... get the assembled kit! It's been tested and is going to work.

I was a little concerned that the 8x10 frame design would be too small, but it's totally perfect for the illusion.

I docked some marks for documetation and communication. Let me explain...

The docs were a solid 3-4 stars. I think that they could benefit from a pass from an editor. I found myself jumping around a lot and watching the video numerous times to put everything in context and work out an order of operations. I am a reasonably confident creator so, like, I could piece it together. What I came away with was the feeling that it was written by someone who is so close to the ground that it is hard to appreciate what someone coming to the project new might have trouble understanding.

I found myself with all sorts of questions about what sort of bonding agent I should use on the acrylic, and what kind of LED light strips I should order.

I gave the Communication two stars because I never heard back any reply to my questions, which I submitted via Tindie. I reserve one star reviews for people who write back and tell me to GFY... soooo, radio silence is better than being called names. Still, if replying to questions is difficult, even better is to assertively copy answers to previously asked questions into the docs so that next time, people have no questions! It sounds crazy but it works.

All in all, this was great fun and my SO loves it.

Jane | Feb. 16, 2021

Great seller, works great

Overall good project, would build again. A few things:
- Definitely get the add-on for the acrylic pieces. I built my own piece out of plastic and it took way too long, and looks horrible. Definitely worth the $20 in hindsight.
- I made a stupid mistake (forgot to install the Arduino Nano) and reached out to the seller, who helped almost immediately.
- The thing is cool, works as advertised, but keep in mind it does make a humming sound. The sound gets quieter if you add more stuff/more weight to the vibrating metal pieces, but I don't think I want this thing on 24/7, it would bother me.
- I had some trouble compiling/uploading the code, but got it to work, and I appreciate that the author has "modes" you can switch between using the button.

Leon | Dec. 20, 2019

README! (Genrally Amazing!)

For 60mmx60mm Bicolor LED Matrix Driver Module DIY Kit

What you should know before you buy this (assuming you get all the kits).

You will need:
- an Ikea Frame (though now I think an old desk lamp would be soooo much nicer)
- a 1,5mm drill (if there is none for wood, get a metal one and be slow so it doesn't get hot and break)
- an LED strip (just tape 2 single row ones next to each other and connect + and - of both strips anywhere you want. I bought 2m in total an didn't have much to spare. I used this kind: https://i.imgur.com/cDqTKSG.png )
- a 12v power brick with a barrel plug (not share how many amps needed, I went with 1.5A I think)
- glue for acrylic (superglue works, but will look a bit dirty. But the glue won't be very visible anyways. Better: proper acrylic glue)
- a bit of wire (preferably two colors)
- I also had to trim the acrylic, the frame piece was too wide (eye-balled it with a jigsaw and a metal blade, slow and linear setting)

Additional notes on the documentation:
- with the big frame I don't think you have to trim the paper cutout
- you might want to trim the sockets pins flush *before* you solder them. At least on the side where the turn-knobs go. It will get very tight there later.
- be careful with the magnet placement so it fits the slots in the acrylic later (fine tune by bending so it fits, best done before you put the motor in)
- drill the holes for the screw that hold the frame inside off-center (otherwise your screw is not wide enough and will stick out the side of the frame)
- order on the frame is important: drill holes, put cutout, but LEDs (any other order and something might be in the way)

Other notes:
- before screwing it down the magnet assembly it showed a stronger effect
- I definitely want to do some more programming, I bet you can make a few more effects (I want add random jumping instead of just slow-motion)

Feedback to Vendor:
- documentation could be a little bit better (it's mainly 2 videos instead of small steps)
- laser cut didn't quite fit
- definitely there should be a "you will also need" list in the offer, I thought I get all I need and than had to wait for the other stuff I needed to order
- thank you very much for this beautiful kit, I love it

Paul | Nov. 30, 2019

A nice product.

This is a very nice Ledmatrix. I use it as the display in games. You can control this led matrix with I2C too! Which has many advantages compared with driving with Max7219.

Robert F | Aug. 8, 2019

received the item it looks good will be putting it to gether

Need to put it together and add the micro and do some evaluation i just receive the ics for it it gonna be a good progject got all equipment to test it have video/ audio analizer to check out its a vm700 tecktronitic regards beto pancho robert kessler have a good day

Chengjie | Dec. 31, 2017

Very good diy kit

For 60mmx60mm Bicolor LED Matrix Driver Module DIY Kit

Kit comes with all the item listed. You will need to purchase led strip, power source and arduino source separately. Also make sure you have enough wires. Wish the kit comes with a detailed soldering instruction. I soldered the board by referring to the pictures online, which wasn't clear enough, but eventually I have managed to make the whole board.
Also in US, it seems difficult to find the exact frame size that would fit everything perfectly.

Randy | Nov. 29, 2017

Really great package

For Large 8x8 LED Matrix Module DIY Kit

I really just getting starting in working with electronic kits but justing looking at this kit looks good

Stephen | Nov. 24, 2017

Beautiful kit

Beautiful kit, well packaged, very simple, and easy to put together. So simple, no diagrams are needed to assemble it,
placement for all the parts is silk screened on the board. I was pleasantly surprised upon receiving my kits--contrary
to the claim of the ad from which I placed my order, the two required MAX7219 chips (for each kit) were indeed included,
and I was able to immediately use my boards. Please continue to include necessary chips in kits! All in all, a very good kit,
and a pleasant experience. I'll be looking at your other products.

Pavel | Oct. 12, 2017

Fast and good

1st time i've bought it 1 year ago. but 1st pancake is bad. this time i have enough time to make the cube as perfect as possible.
a bit disappointed by wood form, but i guess it's ugly only because of weight limitation.

Rosset | Sept. 24, 2017

Good product, fast delivery documentation is nice

I bought and build and it work like a charm.

Fast delivery, well protected. Product as described.
The documentation is good, but for few details is might be tricky. Anyone can build it knowing basic soldering. But it is a challenging kit, so take your time and enjoy.

The pcb layout is good and clear, all pieces are good quality. The plastic frame is very neat.

The frame that a bought in IKEA is not perfect, and don't know if I was unlucky or not, but it is swollen a little. So it's not a perfect fit, however it is still quite good. The kit allow some room for error, just be careful when buying the frame.

I can't find double led strip so I double one strip and it work just well.

The electromagnet is quite strong and the result is not to noisy.

Overall, I'm very please with this purchase.

Ashish | Sept. 15, 2017

Great product

Good shipping, Got the product really fast and the quality of the product is also great. Didn't try yet. Thankyou.

Emmanuel | June 12, 2017

Very satisfied

I was so delighted to see it working exactly as publicized and on first attempt that I shot a video: https://youtu.be/7Q3iLHPZltI

This instructables http://www.instructables.com/id/Arduino-Based-Mini-Audio-Spectrum-Visualizer/ was also a good complement to the short documentation provided by this project.

Frank | May 5, 2017

Modulo Max7219 para Matrix Led 8x8

For Large 8x8 LED Matrix Module DIY Kit

Saludos Sres. Tindle, le informo que recibí mi pedido como lo había solicitado, el cual llego a tiempo y en buenas condiciones

Michael | April 18, 2017

Great board work but have problem

Hi very fast shipping 5day to Switzerland.
Good card but with a problem of pcb + tagging for the Vcc and the - for the ground it was reversed I almost to grill my component by plugging it is at the connector where there is the i2c output the SDA is SCL is in order but the power marking has been reversed. The rest is in order

Maximilian | Nov. 28, 2016

Peace of mind

If you buy this you are either too lazy to build up the example circuit from the spec sheet of the MSGEQ7 or it is more economical for you. For me it was both. The board does what it advertises, in a neat little package. I soldered pin headers to the bottom of the board, so I can plug it onto existing arduino nano mother boards which have a double row of pin sockets. Overall very positive. Documentation is somewhat lacking.

Pierre | Nov. 4, 2016

Commande du jolliCube

-Le temps de livraison est tres rapide part avion moins d'une semaine.
-L'embalage est parfait mais pour le montage il pourrait rajouter un peux plus de fils.
-Pour l'assemblage tres bien explique mais manque de petite precision sur le sens d'installation du panneaux de LED sur la plaque electronique (si erreure tous s'affiche a l'envers), attention a bien suivre le sens des fleches pour la connection 5 pin, et installer toute les puces meme pour les essais.

Michael | July 15, 2016

Nice product, easy to setup..add-on part a little subpar.

The boards are well made and the setup video was easy to follow. There is a lot of soldering so not a first time project, recommend building a smaller cube. I also bought the component add-on kit and jig. I have had 50 - 60 LEDs that were bad right out of the bag. I have had to order additional LEDs to complete the project, Kit should provide a large amount of spares(include at least 600 leds instead of the 520(add-on said 540, but I only received 520)). Because this board uses the MAX7219 chip, it is a little harder to find other examples to understand the code, there is a nice library MD_Cubo that uses MAX72xx and has some nice docs to add functionality...overall a nice product, fun to build...just not happy with led quality (still waiting on additional LED to finish the project)

Response from jolliFactory | Sept. 3, 2016

Sorry for the late reply and the quality issue you face with the LEDs. We were quite shocked to learn that more than 10% of the LEDs in your kit set were found to be bad out of the bag and that you received only 520 LEDs instead of the stated 540 LEDs.

Our usual practice for this kit is to pack the LEDs in 2 separate packs. One contains 500 LEDs which is machine counted and packed and another is manually packed with 50 LEDs. This gives a total of 550 instead of the 540 LEDs as stated. The LED cube requires only 512 LEDs and the additional 38 LEDs should normally be sufficient for replacements.

We carried out sample checks on our current LED stock and did not find any quality issues with them. We thought we could have a batch of bad LED stock and so we waited to see if there are more similar feedbacks from other buyers. It has been almost 2 months and so far, we did not receive any feedbacks regarding LED quality issues. We hoped it is an isolated case of bad LED quality.

Currently, we only source our LEDs from one vendor. We will not hesitate to look for other vendors if we discover there are quality issues with their supply.

Hope you like the LED cube and we are sorry once again for the bad experience you had with regards to the LED quality issue.

Robert | June 29, 2016

Fast delivery, good packaging - A good choice

For jolliBot - Arduino based Line Follower DIY Kit

With a fast delivery, a very good packaging, I have received my order in a quite fast time and without damages.
I can only recommend this vendor so far!

Fahmi | May 26, 2016

nice product

Thankyou from indonesia. i have recieve the robot. i hope it will work great. i like your product.. thankyou

Yan | April 20, 2016

Asking MORE effects for Jolly Cube.

Hi Jolly Cube,
I am just a hobbiest of led cube. My first cube is 4x4x4 with arduino. I like using arduino IDE because of easily unstandable programmer. But my knowledge is very limitted to writing codes with C or any other languages. This time i try with 3d8 cube with jolly's kit. I do assembly myself and tested yesterday with your demo code. Amazing! I went through all instructed steps during assembling time. Very convenient to finished the job , ofcourse take time abit. I need to request you to create more EFFECTS for your cube and distribute from Instructable. BTW, you can get the return from the user for your sharing, teaching and generousity with millions thank.

Response from jolliFactory | April 26, 2016

Thanks for taking time to write this review. It gives us a great sense of satisfaction to know buyers are happy with our products.

We hope your review will encourage hobbyist to take the plunge and build this 8x8x8 LED cube though it may look like a difficult project to handle.

We will try to update with more effects for this cube in the near future.

Phung | April 1, 2016

8x8 lớn LED Matrix đun DIY Kit

For Large 8x8 LED Matrix Module DIY Kit

I AM SATISFIED WITH THE PRODUCT BUT THE PRODUCT THAT CONNECT TO ARDUINO NOT BE GUIDED.
And The PURPOSE Of What Is CIRCUIT In MAX7219

Andrew | Feb. 22, 2016

Great kit- good documentation