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NeoPixel RGBW LEDs w/ Integrated Driver Chip - Warm White [~3000K - Black Casing - 10 Pack]
NeoPixel RGBW LEDs with an integrated driver chip in a compact 5050 SMD package. Each LED contains four elements — red, green, blue, and warm white (~3000 K)...
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NeoPixel RGBW LEDs with an integrated driver chip in a compact 5050 SMD package. Each LED contains four elements — red, green, blue, and warm white (~3000 K) — giving you full RGB colour mixing plus a dedicated warm white channel for natural lighting effects.
Each LED has an embedded microcontroller that acts as a shift register, reading data on its input and passing previous data to its output. This lets you chain as many LEDs as you need with a single data line. Once brightness is set, the built-in PWM continues driving the LEDs without further communication.
Key Features
- RGBW Output – Four channels (red, green, blue, warm white) with 8-bit PWM per channel (32-bit colour)
- Integrated Driver – Embedded microcontroller in each LED for shift-register-style chaining
- 5050 SMD Package – 5 × 5 mm, the most compact way to add multiple bright LEDs to a design
- 800 KHz Protocol – Standard NeoPixel timing with 400 Hz PWM refresh rate
- Chainable – Connect as many LEDs as needed on a single data line
- Black Casing – Warm white variant (~3000 K) in black housing
Specifications
- LED Type – RGBW (SK6812 compatible)
- White Colour Temperature – ~3000 K (warm white)
- Package – 5050 SMD (5 × 5 mm)
- Protocol – 800 KHz (NeoPixel / WS2812-compatible)
- PWM Rate – 400 Hz
- Colour Depth – 8-bit per channel, 32-bit overall
Ideal For
- Custom LED lighting projects
- Wearable electronics and sewable circuits
- Addressable LED installations and signage
- Prototyping with breadboard breakout PCBs
Package Contents
- 10× NeoPixel RGBW LEDs (warm white, black casing)
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Plain-language definitions for the technical terms used above.
- breakout
- A breakout board carries a small or fine-pitched component and brings its connections out to standard, breadboard- and header-friendly pins. Describing a part as a breakout means it can be wired into a project without soldering directly to the component's tiny contacts.
- 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 (LED) is a small electronic component that emits light when current flows through it in the correct direction. Because it only conducts one way, its polarity matters, and a through-hole LED must be soldered the correct way around to light up.
- microcontroller
- A microcontroller is a small computer on a single chip that runs a stored program and controls connected inputs and outputs such as buttons, sensors, displays and communication interfaces. In a device built around one, it is the part that executes the code and coordinates the device's behaviour.
- 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.
- 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, the three primary colours of light that are mixed in varying amounts to make a wide range of colours. In electronics RGB can refer to an LED or pixel that blends these three colours, or to a colour signal or interface that carries separate red, green and blue channels.
- SMD
- SMD means surface-mount device, a component style designed to be soldered directly onto the surface of a circuit board rather than through holes. SMD parts are compact and mounted flat on the board, which suits smaller and mass-produced designs.
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