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Solderless DotStar and Analog RGB LED Strip Clip Sampler
These ingenious little clips make it easier than ever to use our analog RGB LED strips - no need to solder! The clips snap onto the ends of the LED strip and...
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These ingenious little clips make it easier than ever to use our analog RGB LED strips - no need to solder! The clips snap onto the ends of the LED strip and hold securely. They're not waterproof but you could cover them in heat-shrink to make them weatherproof.
You get one piece of three different types: One is a short "joiner" - it can join two strips together. The second type is a long "joiner" - it can join two strips together 6" apart. The third type is a "pig-tail", it gives you four stripped wires at the end that you can solder or plug into one of our controllers (also 6" long).
When using our analog LED strip, you'll have to carefully remove the waterproofing with a small hobby-knife. This will work with our 30 LED/meter strip. They will not work with the 3-wire NeoPixel LED strip or DotStar 60 or 144/m!
We have a tutorial on using these clips over at http://learn.adafruit.com/solderless-rgb-led-clips/
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Plain-language definitions for the technical terms used above.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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