12mm Diffused Thin Digital RGB LED Pixels

(Strand of 25) - WS2801

PRODUT ID: 322

 

Description

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RGB Pixels are digitally-controllable lights you can set to any color, or animate. Each RGB LED and

controller chip is molded into a 'dot' of silicone. The dots are weatherproof and rugged. There are four

flanges molded in so that you can 'push' them into a 12mm drill hole in any material up to 1.5mm/0.06"

thick. They're typically used to make outdoor signs. We also have flat-backed pixels that are essentially the

same, but are not as long and thin.

The pixels are connected by a 4-conductor cable. +5V (Red), Ground (Blue), Data (Yellow) and Clock

(Green). Data is shifted down from one pixel to the next so that you can easily cut the strand or attach more

onto the end. Each dot is digitally controlled, with an internal 8-bit PWM LED driver (24-bit color for 16

million different shades). The pixels must be clocked by a microcontroller, we have an example code

linked below that works on an Arduino, it should be simple to adapt it to any other microcontroller.