Hippogriff
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I've only ever made use of 12v RGB LED strips where you control all the LEDs at the same time.
When I last looked at individually addressable RGB LED strips, probably around 2 years ago, where you can control each LED separately, they were very expensive and the means of controlling them - from a micro-controller like a PIC - seemed somewhat nebulous... Chinese datasheets only and all that.
Has anyone had any more recent experience with these items?
Initial scans seem to indicate there's a whole bunch of different types out there now... 12V TM1809, 12V WS2801, 5V WS2812, 5V HL1606, 12V LPD6803... has anyone worked with any of these and does anyone have any first-hand experience of how they are to work with?
When I last looked at individually addressable RGB LED strips, probably around 2 years ago, where you can control each LED separately, they were very expensive and the means of controlling them - from a micro-controller like a PIC - seemed somewhat nebulous... Chinese datasheets only and all that.
Has anyone had any more recent experience with these items?
Initial scans seem to indicate there's a whole bunch of different types out there now... 12V TM1809, 12V WS2801, 5V WS2812, 5V HL1606, 12V LPD6803... has anyone worked with any of these and does anyone have any first-hand experience of how they are to work with?