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You wanted \u003cstrong\u003eless noticeable strip color\u003c\/strong\u003e - this strip has white-colored flex PCB, which will be less visible against white-painted walls. \u003cstrong\u003eThis is the strip with white flex PCB, its identical to the black 60 LED\/meter except it has a different color mask on the flex strip\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll your dreams answered, yet there are a few things to watch for.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\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\n\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. We have example code for using with the Arduino Uno\/Mega microcontroller at 8MHz and 16MHz, and with a little effort you can use with the Raspberry Pi, or Beagle Bone Black, but it will not work with the Basic Stamp, NETduino, any other interpreted\/virtual machine microprocessor or any processor slower than 8 MHz. For those processors, check our DotStar digital LED strip which has SPI-like input\/output and works easily with Pi, NETduino, and other processors.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\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. If you want to drive the entire strip and have some other libraries included, use a Mega.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese LED strips are even more fun and glowy. There are 60 RGB LEDs per meter, and you can control each LED individually! Yes, that's right, this is the digitally-addressable type of LED strip. 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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. Of course, you can also connect strips together to make them longer, just watch how much current you need! 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We took the same technology from our Flora NeoPixels and made them breadboard-friendly, with two rows of 3 x 0.1\" spaced headers on each side for easy soldering, chaining and breadboarding. These ultra-bright LEDs have a constant-current driver cooked right into the LED package! The pixels are chainable - so you only need 1 pin\/wire to control as many LEDs as you like.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese pixels have full 24-bit colour ability with PWM taken care of by the controller chip. Since the LED is so bright, you need less current\/power to get the effects you want. The driver is constant current so it's OK if your battery power changes or fluctuates a little.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach pixel draws as much as 60mA (all three RGB LEDs on for full brightness white). An Arduino can drive up to 500 pixels at 30 FPS (it will run out of RAM after that). 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We crammed 8 tiny 5050 (5mm x 5mm) smart RGB LEDs onto a PCB with mounting holes and a chainable design. Use only one microcontroller pin to control as many as you can chain together! Each LED is addressable as the driver chip is inside the LED. Each one has ~18mA constant current drive so the color will be very consistent even if the voltage varies, and no external choke resistors are required making the design slim. Power the whole thing with 5VDC (4-7V works) and you're ready to rock.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe LEDs are 'chainable' by connecting one stick's output to another's input - see the photo above. There is a single data line with a very timing-specific protocol. Since the protocol is very sensitive to timing, it requires a real-time microconroller such as an AVR, Arduino, PIC, mbed, etc. It cannot be used with a Linux-based microcomputer or interpreted microcontroller such as the Netduino or Basic Stamp. 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Did you want twice the LEDs? We got it (well, it's 1.875 times as many but that's within a margin of error). Did you want thinner strips? Now only 12.5 mm wide, 10 mm if you remove the strip from the casing. You wanted a less noticeable strip colour - this strip has a black-coloured flex PCB, which will be less visible against black-painted walls. This is the strip with black flex PCB, it's identical to the white 60 LED\/meter except it has a different colour mask on the flex strip.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll your dreams are answered, yet there are a few things to watch for.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\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 assumes all the LEDs are on full white, usually the actual current for colourful 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\n\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. We have example code for using with the Arduino Uno\/Mega microcontroller at 8MHz and 16MHz, and with a little effort you can use with the Raspberry Pi or Beagle Bone Black, but it will not work with the Basic Stamp, NETduino, or any other interpreted\/virtual machine microprocessor or any processor slower than 8 MHz. 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