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SMD LED - RGB WS2812B (Strip of 10)
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DESCRIPTION FEATURES DOCUMENTS
The WS2812B (or “NeoPixel”) may look like a common 5050-sized (5x5mm)
SMD LED, but there’s actually an integrated control circuit embedded inside
there too. If you look really hard, you can see the tiny black chip hidden in there,
along with minuscule gold wires connecting the chip to the LED. This LED is
certainly more than meets the eye! The ‘B’ at the end of the WS2812 name
denotes that these specific LEDs are equipped with and only require FOUR pins
instead of SIX!
The LED itself is unlike most RGB (Red/Green/Blue) LEDs. The brightness of
each color can be adjusted using a serial string to one of 256 different levels.
That means there are 16,777,216 (2563) possible combinations of colors. You
can produce any color from white to black (off), or salmon to sienna.
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ADDRESSABLE LED NEOPIXEL RGB SMD WS2812 WS2812B
SMD LED - RGB WS2812B (Strip of 10) Product Help and Resources
TUTORIALS SKILLS NEEDED
WS2812 Breakout Hookup
Guide
JULY 24, 2013
How to create a pixel string with
the WS2812!
LED Cloud-Connected
Cloud
FEBRUARY 22, 2016
Make an RGB colored cloud light!
You can also control it from your
phone, or hook up to the
weather!
COMMENTS 5REVIEWS 5
4.6 out of 5
Based on 5 ratings:
Overall great product!
about 2 years ago by Member #737587 verified purchaser
These LEDs were easy and fun to work with! The only downside to working with such small LEDs, and other
small components as well, is the pins ended up being very fragile. After soldering, be very careful with handling
the LEDs. The solder joint was stronger than the pins themselves. On 4 of my LEDs, the Din pin snapped off
because of an accidental tug on the wire that was soldered to it. I guess that’s the trade-off for having small
components, however.
Great LED's, no soldering information
about 2 years ago by GaretBiglow verified purchaser
Once you get these running, they’re the cats ass for sure. I embed these in all sorts of projects. The only issue
I have is during the reflow process. I use solder paste and a reflow oven and I have failures, 2 in 10 (firing a
standard reflow curve). I then use my hot-air rework to drop in replacements. I e-mailed Adafruit about this a
while ago, and they said their supplier said they needed to be tempered before reflowing? Never heard that
term before. Can you offer any advice Sparkfun?a
Used on several projects and they're great!
about 6 months ago by Member #832019 verified purchaser
They’ve been very reliable and worked consistently. I’ve purchased over 200 of them for projects and never
had any troubles.
What COLOR these create
about 4 months ago by Member #144180 verified purchaser
I was really impressed with the colors these modules created, just so vibrant they are mesmerizing.
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