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Side Light NeoPixel LED PCB Bar - 60 LEDs - 120 LED/meter - 500mm Long
Blinded by the light? Tell "The Boss" not to worry, especially with this ultra thin Side Light NeoPixel LED PCB Bar! Fancy side light ...
Blinded by the light? Tell "The Boss" not to worry, especially with this ultra thin Side Light NeoPixel LED PCB Bar! Fancy side light LED strips are a great alternative for folks who have loved and used Adafruit NeoPixel strips for a few years but want gorgeous, glowy light emitting at 120 degrees.
We already have flexible LEDs, so these bars are more on the rigid/firm spectrum of LED strips. They're made on a single long FR4 PCB, so they've got some mechanical stability, you can run them along a thin edge. They look fantastic as accent lighting, back lighting, edge lighting, etc! Note that the FR4 is rigid but requires support so it doesn't droop and crack. It's not intended to be bent or curved at all, and if you do so you may crack the copper traces.
This LED Bar is half a meter long (50cm / ~19.5") with 120 LED/meter pitch, and features 60 addressable NeoPixel LEDs. You can use any 'NeoPixel' compatible library or microcontroller to drive these LEDs just like you expect.
These bars come with a 3-pin JST SM connector on both ends, you can remove these easily with a soldering iron. For the power wires, you will probably want a 2.1mm DC jack to wire in, so you can connect one of our 5V wall adapters to power it.
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Plain-language definitions for the technical terms used above.
- 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.
- microcontroller
- A microcontroller is a small computer on a chip that runs your program and controls connected inputs and outputs. For this product, it is the part that reads buttons and sensors, drives the display and speaker, and communicates over Bluetooth.
- 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.
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