Thank you my friend Siew Goh Chuang, he made this beautiful LED cube: This is a 8x8x8 RGB LED cube project, a modified version of the LED cube which originally designed by Kavindarrah. This project only modified the hardware but leaving the software (source code) intact. All the source code is available in Kavindarrah's website.
My LED cube are using the MBI5026GN constant-current LED driver chip instead of the 74HC595 shift-register. The 74HC595 is a 8-bit shift register, whereas MBI5026GN is a 16-bit shift register, with only 3 data pins (CLK, Data and Latch), you can control an almost unlimited amount of outputs. Table below shows the different between 74HC595 & MBI5026GN.
| 74HC595 | MBI5026GN |
| 8-Bit Serial-In, 8 channel parallel-out | 16-Bit Serial-In, 16 channel parallel-out |
| Require a current limit resistor at each output pin | Only need a reference resistor at its R-EXT pin |
| Positive output (All outputs connected to LED are sharing cathode) | Negative output (All outputs connected to LED are sharing anode) |
Therefore, using the MBI5026GN in this project will allow us to reduce the complexity of the circuit & hence reducing components & wiring.
Materials and Components
| Main ingredients for RGB LED cube | |||
| No | Items | Quantity | Unit |
| 1 | 4pin common anode RGB LED | 512 | pcs |
| 2 | MBI5026GN shift-register IC | 13 | pcs |
| 3 | IRF9530 P-Mosfet | 8 | pcs |
| 4 | 1.2k Ohm 1% resistor | 21 | pcs |
| 5 | 100 Ohm 1% resistor | 8 | pcs |
| 6 | 100 uF electrolyte capacitor | 8 | pcs |
| 7 | 0.1 uF ceramic capacitor | 13 | pcs |
| 8 | 74HC244N | 1 | pcs |
| 9 | 1*8 2.54mm pin header (male) | 26 | pcs |
| 10 | 1*8 2.54mm pin header (female) | 26 | pcs |
| 11 | W237-102 Screw terminal | 1 | pcs |
| 12 | 1mm single core copper wire | 1 | Roll |
| 13 | 2mm wire (Red) | 1 | Roll |
| 14 | 2mm wire (Green) | 1 | Roll |
| 15 | 2mm wire (Blue) | 1 | Roll |
| 16 | 2mm wire (Brown) | 1 | Roll |
| 17 | 2mm wire (Black) | 1 | Roll |
| 18 | 5mm clear acrylic top cover box for LED cube | 1 | pcs |
| 19 | 4mm White acrylic bottom cover box for LED cube | 1 | pcs |
| 20 | 4mm Black acrylic LED cube mounting | 1 | pcs |
| 21 | Arduino UNO | 1 | pcs |
| 22 | 5V 2A power supply | 1 | pcs |
| 23 | Stainless steel socket cap screw | 8 | set |
| 24 | 6# x 1" Screw (Nickel plating , Flat head) | 15 | pcs |
| Tools and consumables item | |||
| No | Items | Quantity | Unit |
| 1 | Soldering iron | 1 | unit |
| 2 | Lead free solder 0.6mm | 1 | Roll |
| 3 | Long nose pliers | 2 | pcs |
| 4 | Wire cutter | 1 | pcs |
| 5 | wire striper | 1 | pcs |
| 6 | 3rd hand tool | 1 | pcs |
| 7 | Cable tie | 1 | pack |
| 8 | 3mm Shrinkable Wire Pipe Wrap | 10 | Meter |
| 9 | battery drill set with bit | 1 | set |
| Special material , tools and service | |||
| No | Items | Quantity | |
| 1 | LED layer building tool (jig) | 1 | |
| 2 | LED layer build up tool (jig) | 3 | |
| 4 | CNC laser cutter | 1 | |
| 5 | 5mm clear acrylic 1200mm x 1200mm for making LED box | 1 | |
| 6 | 4mm black acrylic 600mm x 600mm for making LED box | 1 | |
| 7 | 4mm white acrylic 1200mm x 1200mm for making LED box | 1 | |
| 8 | 3V battery or multimeter for testing LED | 1 | |
| 9 | 3M scotchcal marking film for marking pin header | 1 | |
Schematic and PCB
High resolution images are available in my Flickr album.
CAD files also available in Github.
Gerber files (folder: RGB LED cube gerber) were sent to a fab house for PCB fabrication. 
