eetimes.com shares:

Steve’s original 8x8x8 cube was based on regular tri-colored LEDs, which had to be time-sliced (multiplexed) in order to control them, thereby reducing their brightness. Since that time, we’ve both been experimenting with WS2812-based component.

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