Description
The LED square in this pocket gizmo kit is made up of 4 LED sticks that likely are a type of Quadcopter LED arm attachments.
First, the individual LED sticks must be connected using thin wire on each of the corners (except the one proceeding the starting LED stick). You can see in this screenshot of the screen used pocket gizmo, there is wire on the corners covered in tape to prevent shorts.
Once the individual LED sticks are connected, you’ll need to connect three wires (white, yellow, and black) to the starting LED stick and run them through the backing board to the control board.
Tutorial can be found here: https://youtu.be/BjNF0XOc580
Included in this kit
- 4 individual LED sticks
- 2 inches of yellow, white, and black 24 AWG silicon wire (for connecting to the control board)
- 1 control board with buttons, potentiometer, and microprocessor assembled.
- 2 feet of yellow and black wire for threading through the backing board.
- Your choice of backing board size (Raglan or Wuxly)
Please allow a few days to process and 3d print the backing board you’ve specified.
This does not come with a USB Cable. If you’d like to purchase an accurate USB cable, you can find them here.
For more information, please checkout the deep dive video and tutorial about the Pocket Gizmo Deluxe: https://youtu.be/BjNF0XOc580
Links to stuff you need for this build
- Wire nippers: https://amzn.to/3BYw5Bq
- 24 AWG Silicone Yellow Wire: https://amzn.to/3X6uqoy
- 24 AWG Silicone Black Wire: https://amzn.to/3Rik3Kq
- 24 AWG Silicone White Wire: https://amzn.to/3Rg0ano
- Clear Polyamide Tape: https://amzn.to/3yS2KK1
- 0.3mm Solder: https://amzn.to/3DNVDTr
- Tip Tinner: https://amzn.to/3S18WnN
Power Banks
The board can run on a wide variety of 5v USB-C power banks, but there are limitations on the voltage and amperage. Battery or power bank is not included in the purchase of this board. We’ve tested 15 different power banks from the slim pocket ones, to the lipstick style, and the smartphone quick chargers and what we found is that many of them did not have stable enough power to run electronics or the were amps too high to power the LEDs on the board as well as the microprocessor. Most are designed to quick charge phones at high amperage and not to constantly power a device that is running. Phones have internal batteries to smooth voltage, whereas the LED Square Pocket Gizmo does not. Here are our power bank recommendations with links to Amazon:
- Miisso 6000mah Ultra Slim
- Dongguan Portable Charger Power Bank 10000mAh
- Talentcell Rechargeable 3000mAh Lithium ion Battery Pack for LED Strip DC 12V/5V USB – This one sometimes doesn’t work well at full charge
Ideally you want something around 5v/2.1amps. Our personal favorite was the the Miisso power pack. It’s just a little over credit card size and run the LED Board for 24 hours and still had power left! It also has a USB-C cable directly on the power pack it’s self.
Now, even the power packs that had too high of amps worked really well after they were about halfway full and the voltage/amperage dropped a little. The power pack we initially used for testing was about half full and worked for 24 hours before turning off. Fully charged it doesn’t turn on the board at all because the voltage and amps are just too high. So if you have a power pack that is making the lights flicker when fully charged, discharge it a little and see if that works. If not, you can try one of the ones listed above and see if it meets your needs.
There is no master on/off power switch on the board. Just plug your power bank in, and drop it into your jacket pocket.
