Conway Cube

Cube desklights made from Adafruit's electronics kit for Conway's Game of Life

ConwayCube_Demo.mp4

Parts

4 x Conway's Game of Life Kit - v1.3
1 x USB-A break out board
1 x USB-A male to USB-A male cable
3D Printed parts
- 2 x Base
- 3 x Side Panel
- 1 x Slotted Side Panel
- 4 x Cover Plate - this is a thin print and the LED lights shine through it

Instructions

Assemble each of the PCB kits SEPARATELY by Adafruit's instructions. Ensure that all elements are as flush to the PCB as possible. If you are good at soldering and want a clean finish, mount all the LEDs on one side and all the other components on the reverse side.
Place the PCB on the inner grooves of one of the base pieces
Use inch long flexible wire to join the panels along the N-S direction. This orientation gives good flexibility and clearances while mounting panels
Each glue-up pair used superglue and accelerant
Match the slotted side panel and slotted arm of one of the bases to pass-through the USB cable

Possible design updates

Externally mounted reset / on-off switch
Externally mounted USB-breakout board