8 mm LED with APA106 Chip – NEOPIXEL

At first glance it may look like an ordinary 8 mm RGB LED, but it is not!

SKU 3085-8MMAPA106LEDEAN 8219671117425Item type: Assembled

Description

At first glance it might look like a common 8 mm RGB LED, but it is not! It is a NEOPIXEL technology LED, equipped with 4 pins. Internally it has the APA106 chip that allows connecting many of these LEDs in cascade, using only 1 control pin. It can be controlled with Arduino or other microcontroller. Light chains, LED panels, etc. can be made, the only limit is imagination. Power supply: 5 volts, internal frequency up to 800 kHz, dimensions (mm): 11.2×8 (diameter).

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