Addressable LED Strip Lights

What do "Single Signal LED Strips" mean?

In addressable led strip lighting, "Single Signal" means that only has one wire to transmit data, which is convenient for wiring. It's also called 3 pin digital led strip (V+, GND, DAT). 

WS2812B, SK6812, WS2811 are the familiar 3 pin single signal digital led strip lights, which also include UCS1903, TM1812, TM1814 and so on.

"Single Signal" just specifies that the digital led light strip has only one data wire. It does not limit the color of the addressable LEDs, so you can still find white, WWA, or RGBW colors other than RGB here.

How to Choose the right Single Signal 3 Pin Digital IC LED Strip?

WS2812B: DC5V individually addressable; built-in IC; high performance; high cost performance

WS2811: DC5/12/24V; external IC; high cost performance; sharing agreement with SM16703; 0.8 kHz PWM refresh frequency

SK6812: DC5/12/24V; built-in and external IC; DC5V individually addressable; White/CCT/RGB/RGBW optional; 0.8 kHz PWM refresh frequency

UCS1903: DC5/12/24V; external IC; similar to WS2811; similar performance; faster transmission speed; higher price

TM1812: DC12V; external 16-pin IC; 4 OUTR/OUTG/OUTB output interfaces; single/double/triple rows optional

TM1814: DC12/24V; external IC; return-to-one code communication mode; suitable for short-distance transmission; addressable RGBW LED and white LED. 

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What is a dual signal addressable LED strip?

Dual Signal LED Strips, is a 4-channel single clock line (CLK) and single signal line (DAT) LED driver control circuit and built-in & external IC architecture, the control protocol (SK9822 and APA102 can share the protocol), data transmission speed and PWM refresh frequency between the ICs in the series are different, but there are significantly improved compared to single signal addressable LED, and IC has an automatic signal detection function.

How do addressable LEDs work?

The IC uses advanced CMOS technology, internally integrated serial shift registers, cascade drive circuits and clock data regeneration circuits; LED strips to receive digital signal data from the addressable LED controller or Arduino LED controller, and the data is shifted into the serial shift register at the upper edge of the clock, after dumping, it is converted to multi-port parallel output through pulse width modulation, output 16 million dynamically color chasing addressable RGB modes and 256 gray scales adjustable, update the LED output color immediately after the first valid LED frame, the signal can be updated synchronously.

What is the difference between different types of dual signal addressable LED strip?

SK9822: DC5V individually addressable; built-in IC; shared protocol with APA102; 4.7 kHz PWM refresh frequency, transmission rate 15MHZ

APA102: DC5V individually addressable; built-in IC; Single color/RGB optional; 20+ kHz PWM refresh frequency, transmission rate 20MHZ

APA107: DC5V individually addressable; built-in IC; 9 kHz PWM refresh frequency, transmission rate 30MHZ

HD107s: (the upgrade of APA107);DC5V individually addressable; built-in IC; Single color/RGB optional; 26+ kHz PWM refresh frequency, transmission rate 40MHZ; 5M/16.4 without voltage drop

WS2801: DC5V individually addressable; built-in & external IC; 2.5 kHz PWM refresh frequency; transmission rate 25MHZ

LPD8806: DC5V; external IC; 2LEDs cuttable; 4 kHz PWM refresh frequency; transmission rate 20MHZ

LPD6803: DC12V; external IC; 3LEDs cuttable; 5 kHz PWM refresh frequency; transmission rate 25MHZ

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What is a breakpoint resume addressable led strip?

Breakpoint Resume Series is an upgraded version of single signal addressable LED strip light, which is a 4-channel dual data line LED driver control circuit with a data line and a backup data line, a single pixel failure will not affect the signal transmission unless two consecutive adjacent pixels fail, after a single data line fails, the backup data line will automatically start and ensure that the signal is not interrupted, suitable for commercial lighting environment.

How do addressable LED strips work?

IC working mechanism is roughly the same as single signal addressable LED strip light, but breakpoint resume addressable LED strip light has a higher PWM refresh frequency, a more realistic display effect, and less stroboscopic phenomenon; after receiving the digital signal output by the Arduino LED controller, part of the data is stored in the IC's internal latch, the remaining data is amplified, then forwarded to the next IC through signal shaping, outputs 256 gray levels and 16 million dynamic color chasing effects. The chip can store the data systematization and automatic transmission, no signal attenuation even in long-distance cascading, suitable for commercial lighting environment.

What is the difference between breakpoint resume addressable LED strip?

WS2813: DC5V individually addressable; single LED cuttable; built-in IC

WS2815: DC12V individually addressable; single LED cuttable; built-in IC, 5-7m without voltage drop, the choice of most individually addressable users

WS2818: DC12V ; 3 LEDs cuttable; external IC

TM1914: DC12/24V; 3/6 LEDs cuttable; external IC; Single color/RGB/RGBCCT optional

GS8206/TM1934: DC12/24V; 3/6 LEDs cuttable; external IC, DC24V 10m/32.8Ft without voltage drop, works with LED neon tube for outdoor commercial lighting

GS8208: DC12V individually addressable; single LED cuttable; external IC;Single color/RGB optional

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How to choose an individually addressable LED strip light?

Individually addressable LED strip light is a collection of a single IC control a single LED product, serial cascade interface, an unlimited cascade, every LED that can display different lighting effects; almost all of the DC5V LED strip light is individually addressable, for DC12V, the most popular WS2815 breakpoint resume product is also individually addressable, they are all single LED cuttable, so the most accurate LED strip length customization can be achieved, it is the first choice for home lighting; for longer distance lighting, you can choose WS2815 LED strip light, and for shorter distance lighting, you can choose SK6812/WS2812B LED strip light, with good cost performance.

Is There A 24V Individually Addressable LED Strip?

What is the narrowest addressable LED strip light?

Ultra-narrow addressable LED Strips is a collection of the narrowest addressable LED strip light in the market. The narrowest addressable LED strip light can achieve 3mm/0.12in wide PCB, the flexible design can provide bright lighting for any narrow space you can imagine; only a quarter pcb wide of ordinary LED strips, matching dream color LED controller to output 16 million dynamic chasing effects, suitable for elegant cabinet lighting and hidden backlighting, it is the first choice of professional lighting designers.

What is addressable White or WWA led strip light?

Addressable White/WWA LED strip is a more characteristic product of the addressable series, which meets the customer's needs for dimmable programmable white light, matching Raspberrypi/Arduino LED controller, controlling each cuttable segment to output different dynamic color chasing effects; compared to trying to mix RGB to produce white, addressable White LED helps diffuse the 3 white chips inside together to get a very bright but consistent light.

Choose a compatible running water led strip controller or WWA led strip controller here. 

What is Addressable RGBW Led Strip?

Addressable RGBW led strip is a general term for strip lights that use intelligent ICs such as WS2813, WS2814, SK6812, TM1814, TM1824, SM16704, UCS2904, DMX512, etc. to control RGBW LEDs. 

The difference with ordinary RGBW strip lights is that RGBW addressable led strip follows to digital data signal commands, by programming the ARGBW (addressable RGBW) ICs, addressable led strip RGBW can display a very wide range of color effects and achieve the effect you want for your specific projects.

Components of Addressable RGBW LEDs

Addressable RGBW LEDs contain four color channels: red, green, blue, and white, and they can be packaged in the same 5050/4040 SMD or chip on board COB led, or RGB and white be independent of each other. The white color of addressable RGB W is typically 3000K, 4000K, 6000K. 

How Addressable RGBW Change Light Colors

Addressable RGBW color change is not through a single color channel but through the SPI/TTL or DMX data signal, so the use of ordinary 5-wire led controller can not control the RGBW pixel strip lights. The correct approach is to choose a programmable controller compatible with these RGBW ICs and give specific commands to the ARGBW ICs to get colorful lighting effects.

What is RGBCCT addressable LED strip?

RGBCCT addressable led strip is an upgraded version of color changing led strip lights, incorporating the functions of RGB LEDs and CCT LEDs. With special IC such as FW1906 to precisely control each group of LEDs (or each LED), these addressable RGBWW led strip tapes can present dynamic color effects and natural light changes. For clarity, we define RGBCCT, RGBWW, RGBCW and RGBTW as the same: RGB+ Cool White+ Warm White (RGBCW 2700K-6500K). Compared to RGBW, addressable RGBCCT can not only produce RGB colors, but also point to point control color temperature of every single LED group, ranging from 2700K to 6500K. 

In this programmable RGBTW LED strip category, we offer three specific product lines:

1. RGBCCT (5-in-1)= RGBCCT light

2. RGBCCT (3-in-1 + 2-in-1)= RGB light + CCT light (RGB+CCT)

3. RGBCCT (4-in-1 + individual white)=4-in-1 RGBW light + white light (RGBW+W)

SuperLightingLED, as a dmx led strip manufacturer, specializes in Direct Dmx LED Strips, which are integrated with a variety of UCS512 IC chips like UCS512C4 (256 grayscale), UCS512H4, UCS512H5, UCS512H6 (65536 grayscale), etc., can be directly connected to DMX master control. We have newly developed a smart 5-in-1 DMX light controller WT-DMX-S that allows wireless remote control via Tuya WiFI and RF, check it out here.

What does DMX stand for on LED Lights?

DMX stands for Digital Multiplex, a communication protocol commonly used in lighting industry to control lighting equipment, including LED strips, LED rope lights, LED string lights, etc. DMX can send digital signals through a DMX controller or a DMX console to provide precise control of various parameters (such as brightness, color, and effects) of LED lights, commonly used to create dynamic and customizable lighting displays in a variety of settings such as stage, event, and architectural lighting. 

DMX control is more precise than addressable SPI/TTL control. DMX LED Tape Light has four wires (V+, GND, D, P) or five wires (V+, GND, A, B, P), where D, A, B are the data line and P is the address line, and it can control single white light, color temperature white lights, color tuning RGB/RGBW/RGBCCT lights.

What is the Addressable DMX LED Strip?

The characteristics of DMX led strip lights are the output driver adopts patented SPWM technology to support the polarity reversal; the single code-writing signal line can be written in series at one time with the address of the built-in EEPROM storage chip; the signal transmission of Sorber DMX lights adopts parallel scheme when one of the LED lights fails, it does not affect the normal work and control of other lights, and ensures the overall project. Support Art-net DMX controller. The integrity of the project results, eliminating the failure of a lamp signal in the serial scheme of conventional LED full-color point light source, and the phenomenon of no light or no procedure in the back of the lamp, reducing maintenance.

DMX512 IC Chips UCS512H Series Datasheet

DMX Control LED Lighting Strip – Things You Need To Know

12 Volt LED Lights are commonly used in home lighting, commercial lighting, and car decorative lighting areas. In 5V 12V 24V low voltage programmable led strip lighting system, considering light brightness and color consistency performance and the ability to control the LEDs individually, 12V led strip lights is the best choice. 

Low power addressable 12V strip light like 12V WS2812B 2020 can run up to five meters in length by battery power, suitable for DIY and temporary lighting decoration projects, calculating how long battery operated 12V strip lights can run for: Running time in hours = Battery capacity in mAh / Strip power in watts. High power addressable 12 volt led strip lights are normally plugged into line voltage sockets via an AC DC voltage power converter. We offer a variety of waterproof ratings for our 12V led light strips to fit any indoor or outdoor lighting project.

What is the difference between DC12V addressable LED strips?

The input voltage of DC12V addressable LED strip is DC12V, but the IC control method and LED quantities are different; single wire addressable LED strip, like WS2811/TM1812/TM1814 addressable LED strip lights are almost single IC control 3LEDs, every 3LEDs cuttable, and IC quantity is less, which has a good cost performance; while WS2815/GS8208 breakpoint resumne LED strips, as an upgraded version of single wire addressable LED strip, which are all individually addressable,each LED can display different lighting effects, and single LED cuttable, WS2815/GS8208 IC has more advantages in PWM refresh rate and customized length, and has higher price, they are all suitable for LED decorative lighting.

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What is the difference between DC12V and DC24V addressable LED strip light?

DC24V addressable LED strip light is unique in the addressable LED strip light series, although the number of products is less than DC5/12V addressable LED strip, it has wider applicability in the choice of color temperature and long lighting distance of the LED strip. DC12V addressable LED strip light can achieve individually addressable or single IC control 3 LEDs, single LED/3 LEDs cuttable; almost all of DC24V addressable LED strip light is single IC control 6 LEDs, 6 LEDs cuttable;  and the input voltage of most addressable RGBW/RGBCCT LED strip lights are DC12V or DC24V, DC12V 5m without voltage drop, DC24V 10m without voltage drop.

Is There A 24V Individually Addressable LED Strip?

What is multi-row addressable LED strip light?

The multi-row addressable LED strip light is undoubtedly the representative of super brightness, is a collection of the brightest LED strip in the addressable LED strip light series. The single LED integrated IC and control circuit are in the SMD5050 package, with a large luminous surface area and high viewing angle, the single LED is super bright and integrates double rows and triple rows LED strip; and most of the multi rows addressable LED strip support DC12V and DC24V input voltages, single IC control multiple LEDs, suitable for LED car lighting or indoor & outdoor task lighting.

These addressable led strips are controlled by RGBIC RGBWIC and White led IC WS2811, WS2818, UCS1903, UCS2903, TM1812, SK6812, SK6812 TM1814 RGBW, DMX512, etc. compatible with Wled, Madrix smart control to display various color effects. 

Wht is a neopixel ring?

Neopixel ring is made of linking multiple super bright intelligent individually addressable LEDs, the single LED output pin can be connected to another input pin to form a ring, bar, panel, and matrix; data transmission is through the data line of a specific timing protocol, matching SPI/Arduino/Raspberrypi microcontroller, showing different lighting effects; single LED is driven by constant current, even if the voltage changes, the color remains highly consistent.

How do neopixel rings work?

Neopixel LED integrated IC and control circuit are packaged in SMD5050, with an embedded microcontroller inside, which uses PWM precision to set the brightness and color of the single LED, the LED is controlled by a shift register, and only one digital output pin is needed to send data down; PWM is built into each LED chip, so once you set the color, you can stop talking to the ring, and it will continue to control all the LEDs for you.

What is LED pixel display panel?

Flxible LED pixel display panel has a built-in protection resistor decoration, adopts a low-voltage drive introverted protection circuit design, and assembles multiple pixel matrices on a rigid printed PCB, which provides more space than neopixel ring; single LED addressable, and data transmission is through a specific timing protocol of the data line, matching the SPI/Arduino/Raspberrypi microcontroller to control the LED to display a variety of animations, digitals and other color chasing lighting effects, suitable for advertising sign lighting.

How to wire the LED pixel display panel?

LED pixel display panel is a 4-channel(+5V/DIN/GND/DOUT) addressable LED pixel panel,+5V interface connects to 5V power supply pin; DIN interface controls data signal input and external controller; GND interface connects signal ground and power ground; DOUT interface controls data signal output, connected to the DIN of the next panel. For a single LED pixel panel, we provide the extra JST connector, which can be connected to a Dream color addressable LED controller to control its lighting mode and color. When in use please note, it can be bent around a rigid or semi-rigid shape, but it cannot tolerate continuous and repeated bending.

LED Digital Panel Display PDF