Different Styles of Pixels
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Pixel Properties
Pixels come in many different shapes and properties. The most common properties are:
Form Factor
- Strings (Can be any length, but more then 50 pixels will require power injection)
- Strips (Usually 5M length)
- Modules
LEDs per meter
- Strips
(Note, many 12VDC strips have 3 LEDs wired together as one pixel)
- 30 LED/m
- 60 LED/m
- Strings
- 10 LED/m (100mm spacing between nodes is common )
Power Supply Voltage
(Note: LEDs generally draw 20ma per color, or 60ma (0.06A) per pixel)
- 5VDC
- 12VDC
- 24VDC
LED Type
Waterproofing
(don't trust the IP ratings, they vary quite a bit!) Additional information about sealing pixel strings
Wire Size
- 18 Gauge wire (Thicker, better for longer distance or more pixels)
- 20 Guage wire
Control chip and number of wires
(3 wire= V+,GND,Data) (4 wire=V+,GND,Data,Clock)
- 4 bits per color, 16 dimming levels per color. (Total Colors = 16x16x16 = 4,096 colors)
- 5 bits per color, 32 dimming levels per color. (Total Colors = 32x32x32 = 32,768 colors)
- LPD6803 - 4 wire (can drive 3 channels, or 1 RGB LED) Datasheet English
- D705 - 4 wire (can drive 3 channels, or 1 RGB LED) Datasheet Chinese
- LPD1101
- UCS6909
- UCS6912
- 7 bits per color, 128 dimming levels per color. (Total Colors = 128x128x128 = 2,097,152colors)
- LPD8806
- LPD8809
- 8 bits per color, 256 dimming levels per color. (Total Colors = 256x256x256 = 16,777,216 colors)
- WS2801 - 4 wire (can drive 3 channels, or 1 RGB LED)
- WS2803 - 4 wire (can drive 18 channels, or 6 RGB LED)
- WS2811 - 3 wire (can drive 3 channels, or 1 RGB LED)
- TM1803 - 3 wire (can drive 3 channels, or 1 RGB LED) Datasheet (English)
- TM1804 - 3 wire (can drive 3 channels, or 1 RGB LED)
- TM1809 - 3 wire (can drive 9 channels, or 3 RGB LEDs) Datasheet (English)
- TM1812 (can drive 12 channels, or 4 RGB LEDs)
- SM16715
- SM16716
- P9813 - 4 wire
- P9816 - 4 wire
- HX512A (Native DMX) Datasheet Chinese
- 12 bits per color, 4,096 dimming levels per color. (Total Colors = 4096x4096x4096 = 68,719,476,736 colors) (Note: E1.31 and DMX only support 8 bit data, so the extra bits are used for gamma color correction)
- TLS3001 - 3 wire Datasheet Chinese
- TLS3002
- CYT3001
- CYT3005 - 3 wire
- 14 bits per color, 16,834 dimming levels per color. (Total Colors = 16834*16834*16834 = 4,642,956,181,504 colors) (Note: E1.31 and DMX only support 8 bit data, so the extra bits are used for gamma color correction)
- MY9941 (Native DMX)
- MY9942 (Native DMX)
- MY9943 (Native DMX)
Examples of Pixels available from different vendors
PLEASE CONFIRM ALL DETAILS WITH VENDOR BEFORE ORDERING!! ALL OF THIS DATA IS SUBJECT TO CONSTANT CHANGE AND MAY BE WRONG!!!
Retail Store (i.e. Lowes)
Form Factor | IC | Length | Voltage | LEDs per Meter | ICs per meter | Link | Image | Note |
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String | GECE | 25,36,50 pixels (20,29,41ft) | 5vdc | 4 | 4 | link | G35 Cover, General Electric Color Effects |
DIYLEDEXPRESS
Form Factor | IC | Length | Voltage | LEDs per Meter | ICs per meter | Link | Image | Note |
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String | WS2801 | 50 pixels (6m) | 5vdc | 10 | 10 | link | IP68 | |
String | WS2811 | 50 pixels (6m) | 5vdc | 10 | 10 | link | IP68 | |
String (Square) | WS2811 | 50 pixels (6m) | 12vdc | 10 | 10 | link | IP68 | |
Module (Rectangular) | WS2811 | 20 pixels (2m) | 12vdc | 10 | 10 | link | ||
Strip | WS2811 | 50 pixels (5m) | 5vdc | 30 | 10 | link | Silicone Tube | |
Strip | WS2811 | 100 pixels (5m) | 5vdc | 60 | 20 | link | Silicone Tube | |
Strip | TM1809 | 150 Pixels (5m) | 12vdc | 30 | 10 | link | Silicone Tube |
Ray Wu
Form Factor | IC | Length | Voltage | LEDs per Meter | ICs per meter | Link | Image | Note |
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String | WS2801 | 50 pixels (5m) | 5vdc | 10 | 10 | link | IP68 | |
String | WS2801 | 50 pixels (5m) | 5vdc | 10 | 10 | link | IP68, with faceted C9 cover | |
String | WS2801 | 100 pixels (10m) | 12vdc | 10 | 10 | link | IP68 | |
String (square) | WS2801 | 50 pixels (5m) | 5vdc | 10 | 10 | link | IP68 | |
String (square) | WS2801 | 50 pixels (5m) | 5vdc | 10 | 10 | link | IP66, side wire | |
String (square) | WS2801 | 50 pixels (5m) | 5vdc | 10 | 10 | link | IP68, with faceted C9 cover | |
Strip | WS2801 | 160 pixels (5m) | 5vdc | 32 | 32 | link | IP65, silicone tube | |
Strip | WS2801 | 60 pixels (5m) | 12vdc | 36 | 12 | link | IP65, silicone tube | |
Module (square) | WS2801 | 20 pixels | 12vdc | 40 | 10 | link | ||
String | WS2811 | 50 pixels (5m) | 5vdc | 10 | 10 | link | IP68 | |
String | WS2811 | 50 pixels (5m) | 5vdc | 10 | 10 | link | IP66, with 4 pin waterproof connectors | |
String (square) | WS2811 | 50 pixels (5m) | 5vdc | 10 | 10 | link | IP68 | |
String (square) | WS2811 | 100 pixels (10m) | 12vdc | 10 | 10 | link | IP66, side wire | |
Strip | WS2811 | 150 pixels (5m) | 5vdc | 30 | 30 | link | Silicone tube | |
Strip | WS2811 | 240 pixels (4m) | 5vdc | 60 | 60 | link | Silicone tube | |
Module (rectangular) | WS2811 | 20 pixels | 12vdc | 30 | 10 | link | ||
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Stellascapes
Form Factor | IC | Length | Voltage | LEDs per Meter | ICs per meter | Link | Image | Note |
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String (Stella-green) | WS2801 | 85 pixels | 5vdc | 10 | 10 | link | ||
String (Stella-black) | WS2801 | 42 or 85 pixels | 5vdc | 10 | 10 | link |
Examples of DUMB RGB (not Pixels) available from different vendors
PLEASE CONFIRM ALL DETAILS WITH VENDOR BEFORE ORDERING!! ALL OF THIS DATA IS SUBJECT TO CONSTANT CHANGE AND MAY BE WRONG!!!
DIYLEDEXPRESS
Form Factor | IC | Length | Voltage | LEDs per Meter | ICs per meter | Link | Image | Note |
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String | None | 50 nodes (5m) | 5vdc | 10 | 0 | link | IP68 | |
String | None | 50 nodes (5m) | 12vdc | 10 | 0 | link | IP68 | |
Strip | None | 5m | 12vdc | 30 | 0 | link | IP65, can be cut every 3 LEDs | |
Strip | None | 5m | 12vdc | 60 | 0 | link | IP65, can be cut every 3 LEDs | |
Module (rectangular) | None | 20 nodes | 12vdc | 30 | 0 | link | IP66 |
Ray Wu
Form Factor | IC | Length | Voltage | LEDs per Meter | ICs per meter | Link | Image | Note |
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String | None | 50 nodes (5m) | 5vdc | 10 | 0 | link | IP68 | |
String | None | 100 nodes (10m) | 12vdc | 10 | 0 | link | IP68 | |
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