iCubeSmart Led Cube controlled with ESP8266

This project is designed to control iCubeSmart controlled by ESP8266 with an ESP8266 board.

Hardware

• iCubeSmart 3D8S Led Cube: https://icubesmart.com/products/icubesmart-3d-led-cube-8x8x8-diy-kit-teenagers-learning-soldering-project-kit-diy-electronic-kits-with-3d-editing-software
• Wemos D1 Mini ESP8266 board: https://www.wemos.cc/en/latest/d1/d1_mini_3.1.0.html

Software

• RemoteXY library:
  • https://remotexy.com/en/library/
  • https://github.com/RemoteXY/RemoteXY-Arduino-library
• Android app: https://remotexy.com/en/download/

The example of the RemoteXY project and how the App looks like:

Usage

Please follow the instructions in the author's website: https://remotexy.com/en/help/

Connection and Wiring

Here we can see original wiring of the iCubeSmart 8x8x8 LED Cube. Schematic Diagram. It is also available in origin PDF:

How it looks like in real life on the board:

Wemos D1 Mini pinout:

Here we use the following pins:

• D1 (GPIO5) - Data In for START button (to the first pin of th cube)
• D2 (GPIO4) - Data In for CYCLE button (to the second pin of the cube)
• D3 (GPIO0) - Data In for NEXT button (to the third pin of the cube)
• D4 (GPIO2) - Data In for RESET button (to the fourth pin of the cube)
• GND - Ground (to the sixth pin of the cube)
• 5V - Power (to the fifth pin of the cube)

Configuration

Please use config.h file to customize pins and pass WI-FI credentials. The sample configuration is provided in the config.h.sample file.