Interactive LED Dance Floor - From Start to Finish
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- Опубліковано 21 бер 2017
- The Giant LED Dance Floor, built for Furnal Equinox 2017 over the course of 11 months.
FAQ
Q: Do you sell these or make these?
A: No. This was a passion project and we built just this one.
Q: Can I get step-by-step information on how to make one?
A: No. This project is for demonstration only. You don't want to make one exactly like this because it has a lot of mechanical and electrical problems. I would classify this as a prototype only.
Q: What part did you use for the switch?
A: It's a generic OMRON microswitch.
Q: How thick is the acrylic?
A: 1/4" or about 6mm of semi-transparent white.
Q: Where can I see this floor?
A: We use it every year at Furnal Equinox. It was last used in March of 2023.
Technical specs:
- 64 panels, each with 4 cells, for a total of 256 cells (16x16)
- Size is 17 by 17 feet.
- 'Virtual' resolution of 48x48 via sub-cell addressing.
- A total of 7,680 RGB LEDs, arranged as 2,560 addressable pixels
- Total power consumption 80A at 12V
- 64 custom-designed and populated circuit boards
- 256 pressure-sensitive switches for interactive functions, refreshed 70 times a second
- Capable of 40 frames per second via Art-Net
Source code and specifications are being updated and can be downloaded here:
www.avbrand.com/projects/dance...
Project by: AvWuff and Olefin
Thanks to all our volunteers! In alphabetical order:
- ArcticSkyWolf
- Atrain
- Andrew K
- DatBlueHusky
- DanSkunk
- Daria
- David W
- Dumpling
- Irate
- Jack
- Joseph
- Leo
- Lumen Sergal
- Molson
- Myles
- Scani
- Sprocket
- Richard H
- William
- Zach
Special Thanks to:
- Andrew K
- FizzOtter
- Oddy
- Ronnie
- Hacklab Toronto
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I spend a good 4 hours dancing on that floor it was honestly my fav part about that con this year! I had no idea so much work and love went into it! thank you all soo much for your hard work!
You guys did a fantastic job!! I had so much fun and solely danced on that floor. I had a blast thank you so much for your time and effort!!
This is was a very big highlight of my con experience! I can't thank you guys enough for blowing my mind away, when it started reacting to my feet, that was amazing.
please look at our floor ua-cam.com/video/3ydgKfbOUKw/v-deo.html
You guys are my hero; I can only dream of putting together such awesome LED projects!
Nice work, Av! I always love seeing the projects you're working on. Great work on the video too!
Amazing job!!! Kudos to all the volunteers. So sick!
An impressively creative person was inspired and an amazingly awesome project was conceived. A dancefloor was created and boogieing was enjoyed. A video was narrated and the passive voice was almost exclusively used. The right to be proudly described in the active voice had most definitely been earned.
Haha! I felt that if I said 'I', i'd be implying that it was just me doing it, but it was so many volunteers helping, I don't want to discount their work.
Looks so good! Also great video editing.
Great work. unfortunate part is most likely all of 3 people there probably appreciated it more than they appreciated the Nimrod twirling the stick.
great work. I can appreciate the difficulties and challenges.
11 months of collaborative effort. job well done
Hey Av. It's me, @ForrestTheBoar. Great job on this. It made the dances at FE so much fun, and I hope it can be used again next year.
Love that you guys played DDR on an actual dance floor lol. Amazing!
Awesome video and INCREDIBLE turn out! FE 2017 was made so much better due to your contribution. Kudos my friend
Ahhhh! You can see tired ol’ me in the back with my suit XD
I didn’t know this was homemade with such talent! Thank you so much for making this con so wonderful!!! ❤️❤️❤️
Nice work on the video av
lol... i was thinking about building one........... i'll pass... you guys did an amazing job well done.
this is awesome!! everyone's hard work hella paid off
Savii from FE Just getting to give this a watch now and just wanted to say that is was a amazing video!
good thing you had all these Volunteers. The only reason this project was cheaper is because of volunteers. imagine you had to pay them wages. then buying these would have been cheaper.
A really awesome job that you and your volunteers did. I've been to multiple cons and that dance floor was just making FE even more awesome regarding dances. Was really fun to film it with people dancing around on it too! You guys need to bring it back next year haha! (Also really funny to see how much the floor moved 5 feet+ from it's original location on the floor during the con xD Furries dances hard!)
Why I haven't heard of this channel before? This is amazing!😻
Really nice! Cheers.
That's some next level thing!
Excellent content friend 👍😃🙋♂️
That's the best looking floor I have ever seen. The light reaction is unreal. Great Job.
Nice story dude!
First class production about a first class project.
Great work on the dance floor! I only wish I was around to play DDR on it!
If you were aiming for a "How It's Made" vibe with this video, I definitely felt it!
Very nice.... 11 months work is very very long! And so much power needed to light all leds.Oh wait, 2017 video and i saw now in 2018. :)
Now that's what i call epic :O
3:18 the roll of tape is alive! it looks like it’s scurrying around the table on its own 😂
Yours so amazing guys, went i see it for the first time at the con, I knew it was a it was a awsome peice of art and electronic, a big investment for many FE to come!
Yooo this is dope I need this in my house
Now THAT is dedication!
😊BEAUTIFUL LED FLOOR😊😊❤❤❤❤
Discotheque recreation using modern technology!
clicked cause of cool tech. Immediately greeted with "Furnal Equinox". Nothing but pleased
OMG! I want one!
Nice
Awesome ... :) KOOL
Hello, this is awesome!!! What type of micro switches did you use?
@8:50 .... DJ Corporate Steve in the HOUSE!!
This is absolutely amazing. I don't know if you're still reading comments after 5 years, but any chance you could elaborate a bit about the positioning of the prs? Is it glued to the center of the acrylic? Thanks
That looks really cool! from the clips it's hard to see how reactive it is with tons of people on it
Yeah unfortunately with lots of people on the floor, you don't really see the interactivity.
amazing!! where is it now?
How much it will cost to make ...And could how could I buy the electronic components you made
last month，I went to my friend Frida's wedding，I wish I would have my wedding like that！！I kind of saw the brand sunfromlight. Frida said the panel was easy to install and the price was reasonable. The website seems sunfromlight. Hope it will help. BTW，the video show was my favorite part！！
Wow that's pawsome, what ever happened to that floor? Is it still in use?
Hi, its amazing project, my question is, is there an arduino mega to control all board, or each board have an arduino mega to control ?
Hi. where did you buy your acrylic glass for the top? That amount of glass is really expensive. And how thick is the glass? Please
Are you using Pioneer CDJ 2000 Nexus's? With a Pioneer DJM 900??
огромная работа проделана, лайк
Fantastic job and I appreciate you working on and sharing the video. I do have a random question, if you're willing to share... I'm pretty experienced in LEDs, lighting effects, and software, and I have done a few very similar projects, but I can't figure out how you used the switches for each "cell". Did you have 4 on each or just one? How did the little acrylic "boards" help/work? Anyway, really great work and I hope it's still getting use one year later!
Send me an email on avbrand.com and i'll give you more info.
The First Article Inspect (FAI) is supposed to be done after the first couple or panel of PCBs come out of the reflow oven.
My only complaint with the finished product is you guys didn't have it in interactive mode long enough! I wanted to keep playing with it XD but it kept switching to preset patterns
Suuuper cool build though, I had no idea it was made specifically for the con. I thought it was a rental, shows the quality of your work :D
I'm glad you enjoyed it! We actually had a ton of interactive modes, but the main goal of the floor was to sync with the music and really integrate with the dancing experience. An operator (most of the time me) was running the floor the entire time, so every switch was a calculated decision.
Holy crap.
Just calculate the cost.
The materials, the work hours with so many people, the tools needed (though that cost could more easily be spread over more projects), time to program everything, then installing it.
This is one hell of an expensive installation.
And cool they did some extra effects on it, even 16 player dance dance revolution.
And this thing is just awesome. You could even rent it out.
yeah right .. not worth you can purchase it in Shenzhen way cheaper a 500x500mm module about 80$
Wow.
What kind of acrylic tiles did you use? Link maybe?
I feel like the transportation and on site assembly could be more efficient if they had the snap on magnetic connections.... Like a mac book charger or the roli launchpad
On an artificial HDPE ice surface. Could these lights be installed under 3/8 HDPE plastic to show red and blue lines along with goal crease? Would it be bright enough to see with room lights on?
i didn't expected a furry con, btw pretty niceee
Awesome! Can you install it at #34c3 ?
Hi guys, really awesome end product. You should be very proud of your accomplishment. I have a couple questions, if you could help me.
1. Could we get more details on the 12v supply, like part #?
2. Did orientation or order matter when you re-assembled?
3. How did you keep the subpanels all locked in place? (An in-depth look at the sub panel mechanical design would be awesome)
4. What was the LED layout of the end result? (One strip on each side of the square? If so, this is what you are referring to as virtual resolution?)
I would love to make a scaled down version for House parties.
Thanks for reading.
-Big Gun
Its just a MeanWell 12V supply.
excellent work, please what material did the blocks so that it can support the weight of people.
Wood.
Hi!! What type of material did you use for the top part of the frame? The white panel?
Acrylic.
I shall gladly volunteer for a similar project in south of Germany, should someone be building one.
Hey, what kind of switches did you use?
what do you use to protect wood from humidity???
👍👍👍👍👍
Nice one. What is the material used on the top of the wood frame?
Acrylic!
What material/s was used for the opaque cover?
No more led wash lights hello colorful dance floor that can light up the room
Are you'll making to sell, I would like to get a quote for a 24x24 dancefloor
That was impressive hard work. Too bad you cant rent the floor out to other conventions.
By any chance. Sale a full kit?
What did you use for the actual flooring over the boxes?
Acrylic.
@@AvWuff I assume the sheet bend just enough to activate the switch. How did it keep it's springiness over time?
which type of switch was used to add interactivity?
3:19 the tape was possessed XD
it just frickin rolled across the table lik nothing mattered XD
Ever concidered making fursuiter electronics? Like creating a solution to reading Q & A lines on their smartphone without taking their paws off?
Nothing at all Actually, the solution is a lot easier... Using smartphone friendly/compatible fabric for the pawpads, usually using thinner paws, or even just using "cheat" paws, which actually have fingers out, but hidden on the top. Though I guess it would be possible to use a bit of tech to make it easier, but those are some other options.
Hello ! Is it possible for AvWuff to provide things in India....
Great job guys
what is the final cost for this project?
About $9000.
Imagen this on the roof
Have you started to make some of the circuit board to sell etc?
Nope, this is not for sale.
Hi please tell the thickness of acrylic sheet you used to cover the box after installing led
It's 1/4" thick acrylic.
Awesome work on the floor, guys! Maybe they should invite some girls to next year's convention!? XD
It’s a furry convention! LMAO 😂
Lmao caught me off guard
Fr
This is a Christopher Nolan level plot twist
Furry conventions have the best A/V setups, bar none.
There were suttle hints thats where this was going... and i still didnt expect it... this was the best plot twist that youtube algorithm has suggested.
Can you give me information for make it step by step?
Anybody knows what omron switches were used?
By any chance you guys make these and sell them?
hi guys can you put a link to the pressure-sensitive switches that you used ? Thank you.
It was just standard microswitches.
Hello! im doing a relative similar proyect, can I contact you for doing some questions?
What did you actually save with this setup?
We've used it 4 times so far, so about $25000 saved.
Please can I have the geber file for the electronic board
what is pick and place machine did you use ?
It's a NeoDen4!
thank you !
How much does it cost to make? 100000?
And was it cheaper at the end? I guess not, but was it fun to make? Totally !! haha
About 1/3 as expensive as a pro one.
What is the prize
Maybe I missed it but what is used for the actual surface???
Acrylic.
What kind of school budget has all this
And not enough to rent a dance floor?
This wasn't done in a school, nor did this have anything to do with school.
why don't you reveal how you solved the switches issue?
Never really got properly solved.
How would skateboards fare on this surface?
Poorly.