The first version of my DIY LED Nanoleaf hexagons. There are many issues with this which I hope to rectify with a second version and some point, but for now, I've uploaded this anyway.

Features:

• Small channels on the underside to run wires
• Hole in the center to run wires
• Rounded inner corners
• Pins around the inside edge to hold the LED strip in place
• 1mm thick lowered area on top for thin acrylic diffuser
• Small design (as it was made to fit on a tiny delta printer!)
• LEDs!

Issues:

• No attachment mechanism - Because this was one of the first things I designed, I didn't think about how to attach them properly to each other. I used hot glue, but if you, for whatever reason, choose to make this, you'll need to figure this out
• No mounting mechanism - I stuck mine to the wall with sticky pads, but this isn't great, so you'll need to figure out some method to deal with this too.
• No controller holder - The controller and wires are currently just hanging down and in a small box, which really isn't ideal. With the V2, I'd like to have the controller attached to the side of the hexagons
• Diffuser - I added a tiny (1mm deep) area for an acrylic sheet, but a milimetre probably won't give great diffusion, even with good frosted acrylic (though I haven't tested this). I did find paper worked quite well, but I'd also like to see if a 3d printed diffuser could be made
• Cable channels on the back aren't very deep, so only thin wires work. Plus, there's nothing holding the wires in the channels

About the LEDs:

For this project, I used a WS2812B strip with 60leds/m connected to an ESP8266, running the awesome, open source firmware WLED (https://kno.wled.ge). However, any strip less than 10mm high will work, and you can add any controller you like! As for diffusing the light, I used paper, but frosted acrylic would probably be best!

Enjoy!