RGB Matrix Stand

Laser cut stand for 6 X 10 addressable RGB LEDs.

I recently purchased a 3.2ft string of WS2812 addressable RGB LEDs to play with. They can be cut at certain points along the tape to make a strip as long or short as you want. Or you can jumper together multiple strings to make a longer unit.

Since a wiggly coil of flashing lights on my bench didn't appeal to me, I decided to cut them apart and make a 6 X 10 matrix (this strip had 60 LEDs on it). I was going to 3D print a mount of some type, but figured this might be a good time to whip out the ol' laser engraver/cutter and put it to use.

I designed a simple mount for the lights in SketchUp to make sure everything was going to fit together, and then simplified the drawing for export to a DXF file, which is easily imported into my laser software. I'm using the latest build of LaserWeb (4.0.990) to control the laser.

I used 3mm birch plywood for my material. My laser is only 7W, so I made 2 passes at 75% power, moving at 100mm/