Adafruit
NeoPixel RGBW LED Strip 60 LED/m Black PCB - 3m
· MPN: ADA2839
Add individually addressable colour and white light to your project with this flexible NeoPixel RGBW LED strip. Each 5050-sized pixel contains red, green, bl...
Add individually addressable colour and white light to your project with this flexible NeoPixel RGBW LED strip. Each 5050-sized pixel contains red, green, blue and white LED elements, giving you colourful effects plus a dedicated white channel for brighter, cleaner white lighting.
This is the 60 LED/m version with a clear weatherproof sheathing over a black flexible PCB. The strip can be cut at the marked cut lines, soldered via the copper pads, or joined to other strips if your power supply can handle the current.
NeoPixels use a single digital data line and an 800 KHz protocol, with PWM handled inside each LED once the colour is set. Adafruit provides NeoPixel tutorials, wiring guidance, power calculations, and example code, including RGBW support in the Adafruit NeoPixel library for Arduino-compatible boards such as UNO, Flora, Micro, Leonardo, Trinket, Gemma, Due and Mega/ADK.
Please note that RGBW NeoPixels need a library with RGBW support; a plain RGB NeoPixel library can produce strange results. The blue LED element is close to the white phosphor, so blue light may include some white bleed.
Specifications:
- LED density: 60 LED/m
- Strip length: 3m
- PCB colour: Black Flex PCB
- Casing: Clear casing
- LED channels: red, green, blue and white
- Colour control: 8-bit PWM per channel
- Colour depth: 8 x 4 channels = 32-bit color overall
- Protocol: 800 KHz
- PWM rate: 400 Hz
- LED package size: 5050-sized LEDs
- Data pins required: Only 1 digital output pin
- Strip material: flexible PCB material
- Sheathing: weatherproof sheathing
- Cut spacing: every 0.65"/1.7cm
- Cut segment: 1 LED each
- Solder pads: 0.1" copper pads
- Required power supply: 5V DC
- Maximum supply voltage warning: do not use higher than 6V
- Suggested supply for 1 metre: 5V/2A supply should be able to drive 1 meter depending on use
- Suggested supply for up to 4 metres: 5V/10A supply can drive up to 4 meters depending on use
- Full reel quantity: 4 meters at a time
- Full reel connectors: two connectors
- Less than full reel: single strip cut piece from a reel which may or may not have a connector on it
For neat wiring, pair the strip with a suitable 5V power supply, a 2.1mm DC jack for power, and a 2-pin JST set for data and ground connections.
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Plain-language definitions for the technical terms used above.
- Colour depth
- Colour depth describes how many different colours a display can show. A 65K-colour display can show about 65,000 colours, which is useful for icons, graphs, and simple full-colour interfaces but is less detailed than modern phone or computer screens.
- LED
- A light-emitting diode is a small electronic component that lights up when current flows through it in the correct direction. In this kit, LEDs create the flashing effect, so polarity and correct soldering matter for the project to work.
- NeoPixel
- A type of addressable LED system where colour data is sent along a single digital data line from one LED or controller to the next. Compatibility matters because the timing and signal format must match for the lights or driver board to respond correctly.
- PCB
- A printed circuit board is a rigid board with copper tracks that connect electronic parts without loose wires. For this kit, the PCBs also form the airplane shape, so they are both the circuit base and part of the finished model.
- PWM
- Pulse Width Modulation is a way for a digital pin to simulate variable output power by switching on and off very quickly. It matters for controlling things like LED brightness, motor speed, or servo-style signals from a microcontroller pin.
- RGB
- Short for red, green and blue, usually referring to an LED that can mix those three colours. It matters because controlling an RGB LED teaches how separate outputs combine to create different colours.
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