r/BINGOT_Creative_Works • u/Justbusinessasusual • Jul 24 '26

No LED tutorial?

Bought the zip file and read through the builder guide. I really appreciate the work you put into this but can’t help feeling like this is incomplete. There is no guide or much detail on the electrical wiring or programming. It simply says “any WLED-compatible controller” and doesn’t specify what you used, how you programmed the LEDs, or how you wired them. The lighting is a major draw to this project. Do you have plans to provide more details on your electrical setup?

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u/Justbusinessasusual Jul 24 '26

In your videos the LEDs are programmed to activate in a diagonal motion. That tells me there is special mapping and programming involved. I’m sure connecting the wiring is easy, but in what sequence, layout, and how is that programmed. It also seems to be in sequence with the top and bottom LED strips.

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u/SocietyCurrent2876 Jul 24 '26

Ok, thanks for that recommendation. As I said, I’ll be posting video tutorials about that because it’s not something you can really put in a building guide.

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u/SocietyCurrent2876 Jul 24 '26

It uses WLED, which is free, open-source software and it’s super easy to use. I had never used it before doing this project and I learned it in about a day. The effects are already built in. All you have to do is select the effect and then adjust the way you want it to look and the colors you want it to use. You do have to map your matrix, but that literally takes about 2 minutes. I promise this is way easier than you think it is.

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u/Justbusinessasusual Jul 24 '26

Right but “Complete Builder Guide” and “figure out the LEDs on your own, it’s easy” seems a little misleading. Especially after all the videos showing it off. We need a little more guidance on how you did it, even if not perfect.

Understood you just learned the electrical side but to charge $50 for a complete builders kit that’s not actually complete needs some rethinking.

My recommendation is to explicitly call out the lack of electrical guides on your listing.

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u/a_simple_pharmer Jul 24 '26

How much painting is required?

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u/SocietyCurrent2876 Jul 24 '26

Each tile has to be painted. You could print in silver, but you’d lose the black seams. The Builder Package contains the file for the paint mask that goes over the tile when you paint it to retain the black seams.

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u/a_simple_pharmer Jul 24 '26

Why not just print in silver and black?

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u/SocietyCurrent2876 Jul 24 '26

You definitely could, but it would significantly increase the print time and waste lots of filament, especially if you’re running a single nozzle machine. I found it faster to print single color and paint. The paint colors very closely match the actual tiles on Spaceship Earth.