OrenLederman

My love loves this box! I made one using a wooden box from Michael's. For lights, I picked up Christmas ornaments that look like light bulbs (very thick plastic), and put some fairy lights inside.

My = my son

Thanks, I think I'll try to take it anyway. I had no issues with my research project (a bunch of PCBs, batteries, raspberry pis, programming rigs, etc).

Oh, and by the way - if there's one feature I would really love to add to this project is a circuit that will turn off the LED after several minutes of inactivity. I was thinking ATTiny or a 555

Thanks for all the comments and ideas. I hope this Instructable will inspire others to create their own variations :) The goal here was to keep it simple so I can finish it in the time limit I set for myself. The original design I had in mind included different types of buttons, buzzers, more lights and other stuff. This is why this is called Busy Cube #1 - I'm planning to make more variations :) I already have some RGB LEDs, accelerometer, buzzer, vibration motor, and arcade buttons waiting on my desk for Busy Cube #2.Also, I think that people don't realize the size constraint of this specific design. I wanted to make something that will be solid, hard to open (for a baby) and with minimal number of openings (think baby food, saliva, etc). The layer with the holes for the screws actual...

Thanks for all the comments and ideas. I hope this Instructable will inspire others to create their own variations :) The goal here was to keep it simple so I can finish it in the time limit I set for myself. The original design I had in mind included different types of buttons, buzzers, more lights and other stuff. This is why this is called Busy Cube #1 - I'm planning to make more variations :) I already have some RGB LEDs, accelerometer, buzzer, vibration motor, and arcade buttons waiting on my desk for Busy Cube #2.Also, I think that people don't realize the size constraint of this specific design. I wanted to make something that will be solid, hard to open (for a baby) and with minimal number of openings (think baby food, saliva, etc). The layer with the holes for the screws actually limit the size of what can go in there. With the two battery holders on the sides of the switch, the just barely fits. If anyone can suggest a design that better utilize the space of the cube, I'm open to ideas. As for plexiglass - I thought about putting a "window" that allows the kid to see inside, and maybe put more LEDs inside to make it more interesting. However, I think that plexiglass is more fragile than wood. I might be wrong though :)

I think that's what i used for the last batch. but - you'll might need to enlarge the holes a bit. It really depends on your laser cutter and the exact material you use.

Sometimes you just have to work with what you got :) The plans I uploaded use the specific measures of the magnets I was able to get when I made the first batch of these pendants.

looks great! thanks for sharing

That looks great! are you using a pink LED there?A good place to get magnets from is http://www.kjmagnetics.com/ . I'm adding it to the instructions

Thank you for your kind words :) sadly, I don't know an alternative to a laser cutter. There are services like Ponoko you can use, but I'm not sure about the cost.