{"id":9120914888,"title":"Adafruit NeoPixel Digital RGB LED Weatherproof Strip 60 LED-1m","handle":"adafruit-neopixel-strip-60-led-1m","description":"\u003cp\u003eThese 12.5mm wide NeoPixel strips are exactly what you need for your next wearable product. The\u003cspan\u003e strip has black-colored flex PCB, which will be less visible against black-painted walls. There are 60 RGB LEDs per meter, and you can control each LED individually.  You can set the color of each LED's red, green and blue component with 8-bit PWM precision (so 24-bit color per pixel). The LEDs are controlled by shift-registers that are chained up down the strip so you can shorten or lengthen the strip. Only 1 digital output pin are required to send data down. The PWM is built into each LED-chip so once you set the color you can stop talking to the strip and it will continue to PWM all the LEDs for you.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe strip is made of flexible PCB material, and comes with a weatherproof sheathing. You can cut this stuff pretty easily with wire cutters, there are cut-lines every 0.65\"\/1.7cm (1 LED each). Solder to the 0.1\" copper pads and you're good to go.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eYou must use a 5V DC power supply to power these strips, do not use higher than 6V or you can destroy the entire strip\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSome points to consider about this product.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eFirst up, the higher density means much higher power usage over a certain distance - 18 Watts max (~3.5 Amps @ 5V) per meter instead of 9.6 Watts max (~2 Amps @ 5V). The max rating is assuming all the LEDs are on full white, usually the actual current for colorful design is about 1\/3 to 1\/2 the max current. A good power supply such as our 5V 10A supply is key!\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSecond, to get high density, the controller chip is inside the LED, which is kind of cool, but also means that the chip only uses a single pin for input and a single pin for output. The protocol used is very very timing-specific and can only be controlled by microcontrollers with highly repeatable 100nS timing precision. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThird, just because you have all those pixels doesn't mean you have the RAM for it - the entire strip must be buffered in memory, and we've found many Arduino UNO projects only have about 1500 bytes of RAM available after all the extras are included - enough for about 500 LED pixels. 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The LEDs are controlled by shift-registers that are chained up down the strip so you can shorten or lengthen the strip. Only 1 digital output pin are required to send data down. The PWM is built into each LED-chip so once you set the color you can stop talking to the strip and it will continue to PWM all the LEDs for you.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe strip is made of flexible PCB material, and comes with a weatherproof sheathing. You can cut this stuff pretty easily with wire cutters, there are cut-lines every 0.65\"\/1.7cm (1 LED each). 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