Find a Retailer SHOP PRODUCT MENU BLOG SUPPORT find products, tutorials, etc... HOME / P R O D U C T C A T E G O R I E S LEARN 0 LOG IN EDUCATION Need Help? REGISTER FORUM / ADDRESSABLE / WS2812 / SMD LED - RGB WS2812B (STRIP OF 10) SMD LED - RGB WS2812B (Strip of 10) C O M - 1 3 6 6 7 ROHS 5 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. Tags ADDRESSABLE LED NEOPIXEL RGB SMD WS2812 WS2812B images are CC BY 2.0 SHARE SMD LED - RGB WS2812B (Strip of 10) Product Help and Resources SKILLS NEEDED TUTORIALS WS2812 Breakout Hookup Guide LED Cloud-Connected Cloud JULY 24, 2013 FEBRUARY 22, 2016 How to create a pixel string with the WS2812! Make an RGB colored cloud light! You can also control it from your phone, or hook up to the weather! COMMENTS 5 REVIEWS 5 Customer Reviews 4.6 out of 5 Based on 5 ratings: 5 star 3 4 star 2 3 star 0 2 star 0 1 star 0 Currently viewing all customer reviews. 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. START SOMETHING. SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER In 2003, CU student Nate Seidle blew a power supply in his dorm room and, in lieu of a way to order easy replacements, decided to start his own company. Since then, SparkFun has been committed to sustainably helping our world achieve electronics literacy from our headquarters in Boulder, Colorado. No matter your vision, SparkFun's products and resources are designed to make the world of electronics more accessible. In addition to over 2,000 open source components and widgets, SparkFun offers curriculum, training and online tutorials designed to help demystify the wonderful world of embedded electronics. We're here to help you start something. About Us About SparkFun SparkFun Education Feeds Jobs Contact Help Customer Service Shipping Return Policy FAQ Chat With Us Programs Become a Community Partner Community Stories Custom Kit Requests Tell Us About Your Project Sell Your Widget on SparkFun Become a SparkFun Distributor Large Volume Sales Community Forum SparkFun IRC Channel Take the SparkFun Quiz SparkFun Kickstarter Projects Distributors What's on your mind? For which department? General Please include your email address if you'd like us to respond to a specific question. email address SUBMIT SparkFun Electronics (R) / Niwot, Colorado / Customer Service / Site Map / Terms of Service / Privacy Policy