This is HypnoCube

We’re out of 4Cube PCBs until Thursday, when a new batch should arrive. Any 4Cube orders between now and then will be delayed a few days.

Update: Just to confirm, we’ve got the new PCBs, so 4Cube’s are back in stock.

As of last week, all back orders have been shipped out and we’re back in stock. Yay!

Due to a recent surge in orders, we are almost out of inventory (namely, the cases.) Orders are still open, but may be backordered. We will of course notify you promptly if your order is backordered, and you will have the option of taking a full refund instead. On Google Checkout orders, your credit card will not be charged until we can can fulfill your order (Unfortunately Paypal does not give us this flexibility.) Backordered kits should ship in 1 - 2 weeks. Finished cubes may take an additional week.

Yup, we’re out of inventory. Any further orders will be placed on backorder. Backordered kits should ship May 8-9, and finished cubes may take an additional week.

We got some love from Craig Crossman over at The Seattle Times (you can read it here.) Which promptly brought our little server to its knees . If you couldn’t access our site today, that’s why.

Thanks Craig, we’re glad to hear you like the cube!

After much delay, the new instructions are available in PDF format.

I quietly updated the order page last week (though some of you sneaky people seem to have noticed and sneakily ordered,) and with the instructions finally done I guess the new cube is now officially released. Whoo!

Now to get the 8Square out the door…

(Oh yeah, the Features page still needs to be updated. Though it will probably be replaced entirely by a Products page as we offer things other than the one Cube.)

Here [hypnocube.com/Docs/UserManual_1_0.pdf] is a PDF of the user manual for the new 4×4×4 HypnoCube and the 8×8 HypnoSquare. This pertain only to devices bought after Feb 2008.

There are two sample programs with C++ sourcecode showing how to interact with the new devices. Both files are zip files containing Visual Studio 2005 projects. Read the above Manual for more information.
HypnoCOMM
HypnoDemo

The new 4Cube revision.

We received the new 4Cube boards from the fab house today. The new version isn’t dramatically different than the old, but will feature USB connectivity to the PC to allow hackers & artists to control the cube without having to deal with low level microcontroller programming. It will also feature some basic controls on the cube itself to navigate visualizations (pause, forward, back, etc.) Should be available sometime next week.

The final 8Square boards have been sent to the fabbers recently as well, and they should be arriving in a few weeks. Expect kits to be available in about 4-5 weeks.

The 8Cube has been on the back burner a bit while we wrap up the new 4Cube and 8Square, but with the recent soldering juju (posted below) we should have a fully operational RGB battlestation 8×8x8 cube, at least insofar as the the electronics is concerned. Hopefully Chris will get it dancing soon.

The case of cases arrived, and so we’re back in stock.

Also, Chris added an Under Development page, which now features a video of our 8cube prototype.