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SMD LED - RGB WS2812 (Whole Reel)
The WS2812 may look like a common 5050-sized (5x5mm) SMD LED, but an integrated control circuit is also embedded inside. Sometimes you don't need 10 or even 50, maybe you need a whole reel of 1000! If you are the person who needs that many then this is the perfect quantity for you. 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 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. You can produce any color from white to black (off), or salmon to sienna.
- Viewing angle: 120 degrees
- Red: (620-630nm) @ 550-700mcd
- Green: (515-530nm) @ 1100-1400mcd
- Blue: (465-475nm) @ 200-400mcd
Forward Voltage:
- Red: 1.8-2.2V
- Green: 3.0-3.2V
- Blue: 3.2-3.4V
SMD LED - RGB WS2812 (Whole Reel) Product Help and Resources
WS2812 Breakout Hookup Guide
July 24, 2013
How to create a pixel string with the WS2812 and WS2812B addressable LEDs!
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How long are the reels? I hope I'm not literally staring at a length, but I don't see one.
I think this is a reel (temporary holding thing for uncounted SMD chips), not a ready-to-use strip. Only clicked on it because I didn’t realize that either!
I think you're 100% correct. Thanks!