5mm LED with WS2812B chip – NEOPIXEL

At first glance it might look like an ordinary 5 mm RGB LED, but it is not!

SKU 3085-WS2812LED5MMEAN 8219671098199Item type: Assembled

Description

At first glance it might look like a common 5 mm RGB LED, but it is not!

It is a NEOPIXEL technology LED, equipped with 4 pins. Internally it has the WS2812B chip that allows connecting many of these LEDs in cascade, using only 1 control pin. It can be controlled with Arduino or another microcontroller.

Light chains, LED panels, etc. can be made; the only limit is imagination.

Documentation and useful links

Technical details

Power supply 5 volts, internal frequency up to 800 kHz
dimensions (mm) 23.7x5.8 (diameter)

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