Petite boule de 200mm (8 pouces) à remplir avec des graines Pixel Spinner / Bauble

his is a 3D Printed model designed to take Seed pixels. You can use 5 or 12 Volt seed pixels and is designed to take most size seed pixels available.

This is a small , 200m (8 inch) diameter spinner that I originally drew-up with bullet pixels after watching a fusion 360 tutorial, but I never printed or used it. So I completely redesigned it to use seed pixels and decided to also provide some colour inserts. The inserts add a bit of interest and make them look great in the daytime. They are a press fit into the prop so you could stick with Red and Green for holiday / Christmas time, and then maybe change to red,white and blue for other celebrations.

The idea of a small prop was to fill-in those gaps and little spaces on a wall. I think they will also look great with a number of them like baubles on a tree. The size also helps to use up the odd lengths of seed pixels left over from other models. This model takes 30 seed pixels and they will need to have a 100mm spacing. The seed pixels are fed through from the back and the seeds sit flat to the model. There is normally no need for any glue for the lights, and the slots will fit most, if not all, seed pixels available, even the slightly larger and thicker cable ones. The lights I used were very cheap from Aliexpress (for example https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005007272123397.html ) and they even came with a small USB controller and remote remote, which was sufficient for testing. They were ok, but there are better quality ones available. In UK/Europe I recommend that you look at https://buildalightshow.com/ for the lights (and lots of other home lighting stuff).

I have included a test plate with just two pixels holes in them for you to quickly print (about 17 min print) and check your seed pixels will fit. If you have any issues get back to me and I may be able to help.

Their is a little trick to wiring so that there are no splices or soldering required (except for input/ouput cable), so I have included a suggested wiring diagram. I have also included an Xlight Model with a few sub-models to give a start but you can, of course, develop your own.

Thank you for viewing my models , and thank you in anticipation of your and any .

Printing:

I printed the main prop in PETG, and the inserts in PLA (as I had more colours). I used 0.2mm layer,3 top and bottom laters, 3 walls and 15% gyroid infill. The main prop should be orienated with the back of the prop on the bed of the printer. The inserts are orientated with the face of the insert on the bed. No s are necessary BUT I did find enabling to the main prop seemed to give much cleaner holes for the pixels. It did mean clearing small pieces of from each seed hole, but easily done with a small screwdriver and it doesnt add too much to the print time. If you want to use the inserts, these should just be a tight press fit no glue needed.

Wiring:
A suggested wiring diagram is provided as well as an Xlight Model (with a few sub-models ) to get you started. You can off course develop your own if you wish. I have a input and an output cable on these to allow me to daisy chain them

Fixing
A fixing hole is provided, you will have to space the prop off the wall slightly to allow for wiring.