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)
    1. 12mm pixel
    2. 12mm pixel (square)
  • Strips (Usually 5M length)
    1. Bare board (no waterproofing)
    2. Hollow Tube
    3. Coated Strips
      • Silicone Coating
      • Epoxy Resin Coating
    4. Solid Tube
      • Solid Silicone
      • Solid Epoxy Resin
  • Modules
    1. Square
    2. Rectangular

LEDs per meter

  • Strips

(Note, many 12VDC strips have 3 LEDs wired together as one pixel)

    1. 30 LED/m
    2. 60 LED/m
  • Strings
    1. 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)

    1. 5VDC
    2. 12VDC
    3. 24VDC

LED Type

    1. 3528 surface mount (3.5mm x 2.8mm) (typically used in strips and modules)
    2. 5050 surface mount (5.0mm x 5.0mm) (typically used in strips and modules)
    3. 8mm (typically used in strings)

Waterproofing

(don't trust the IP ratings, they vary quite a bit!) Additional information about sealing pixel strings

    1. Injection Molded Silicone
    2. Cast Epoxy Resin in Sleeve
    3. Cast Epoxy Resin coated PCB
    4. Silicone Tube
      1. Hollow Tube
      2. Silicone Filled Tube
    5. Silicone Coated Strip
    6. Epoxy Coated Strip

Wire Size

    1. 18 Gauge wire (Thicker, better for longer distance or more pixels)
    2. 20 Guage wire

Control chip and number of wires

(3 wire= V+,GND,Data) (4 wire=V+,GND,Data,Clock)

    1. 4 bits per color, 16 dimming levels per color. (Total Colors = 16x16x16 = 4,096 colors)
    2. 5 bits per color, 32 dimming levels per color. (Total Colors = 32x32x32 = 32,768 colors)
    3. 7 bits per color, 128 dimming levels per color. (Total Colors = 128x128x128 = 2,097,152colors)
      • LPD8806
      • LPD8809
    4. 8 bits per color, 256 dimming levels per color. (Total Colors = 256x256x256 = 16,777,216 colors)
    5. 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)
    6. 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!!!


DIYLEDEXPRESS

(USA Based run by DIYC user tjetzer)

Form Factor IC Length Voltage LEDs per Meter ICs per meter Link Image Note
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, back wire
Module (Rectangular) WS2811 20 pixels (2m) 12vdc 10 10 link 3 LEDs
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

Light-O-Rama (LOR)

(USA Based)

Form Factor IC Length Voltage LEDs per Meter ICs per meter Link Image Note
String LPD6803 100 pixels (15.25m) TBDvdc 6.5 6.5 link Cosmic Color Pixels (with controller and Power Supply)
Bulbs LPD6803 100 pixels (15.25m) TBDvdc 6.5 6.5 link Cosmic Color Bulbs (with controller and Power Supply)
Strip LPD6803 50 pixels (5m) TBDvdc 30 10 link Cosmic Color Ribbon (with controller and Power Supply)

Ray Wu

(China Based)

Form Factor IC Length Voltage LEDs per Meter ICs per meter Link Image Note
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, back wire
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, back wire
String (square) WS2811 100 pixels (10m) 12vdc 10 10 link IP66, side wire
Strip WS2811 150 pixels (5m) 5vdc 30 30 link silicone tube
Module (rectangular) WS2811 20 pixels 12vdc 30 10 link
Strip WS2812 240 pixels (4m) 5vdc 60 60 link silicone tube, WS2811 with integrated 5050 LED
String LPD6803 50 Pixels (5m) 5vdc 10 10 link IP68
String (square) LPD6803 50 Pixels (5m) 5vdc 10 10 link IP68, side wire
Strip LPD6803 50 Pixels (5m) 12vdc 30 10 link IP68, similar to LOR CCR
Module (square) LPD6803 20 pixels (2m) 12vdc 10 10 link 3 LEDs
Module (rectangular) LPD6803 20 pixels (2m) 12vdc 10 10 link 3 LEDs
String TLS3001 50 pixels (5m) 5vdc 10 10 link IP68
String TLS3001 50 pixels (5m) 5vdc 10 10 link IP68, with 4 pin waterproof connectors
String (square) TLS3001 50 pixels (5m) 5vdc 10 10 link IP68, back wire
Strip TM1809 150 pixels (5m) 12vdc 30 10 link IP67, silicone tube
Strip TM1809 150 pixels (5m) 12vdc 30 10 link IP65, silicone coating
Strip TM1809 240 pixels (5m) 12vdc 48 16 link IP68, silicone tube

Retail Store (i.e. Lowes)

Form Factor IC Length Voltage LEDs per Meter ICs per meter Link Image Note
String GECE 25,36,50 pixels (20,29,41ft) 5vdc 4 4 link G35 Cover, General Electric Color Effects

Seasonal Entertainment

(USA Based run by DIYC user Ponddude)

Form Factor IC Length Voltage LEDs per Meter ICs per meter Link Image Price Price per Pixel Note
String WS2801 42 pixels (4.2m) 12vdc 10 10 link $32.00 $0.76 IP68, Rainbow Mini Pixels
String (square) WS2801 42 pixels (8.4m) 12vdc 5 5 link $43.00 $1.02 IP68, Rainbow C7 Pixels
String (square) WS2801 42 pixels (8.4m) 12vdc 5 5 link $45.00 $1.07 IP68, Rainbow C9 Pixels
Strip WS2801 42 pixels (4.2m) 12vdc 30 10 link $73.99 $1.76 IP68, Silicone filled, Rainbow Ribbon
Matrix WS2801 42 pixels (0.15x0.18m) 12vdc xx xx link $35.00 $0.83 Not Waterproof, Rainbow Matrix

Stellascapes

(New Zealand Based run by DIYC user mrpackethead)

Form Factor IC Length Voltage LEDs per Meter ICs per meter Link Image Price Price per Pixel Note
String (Stella-green) SS-1 85 pixels 5vdc 10 10 link $168 $1.98 bullet or flat packages
String (Stella-black) SS-1 85 pixels 5vdc 10 10 link $240 $2.82 bullet or flat packages
Strip (Stella-black) SS-1 85 pixels 5vdc link 45 or 90mm pitch

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

(USA Based run by DIYC user tjetzer)

Form Factor IC Length Voltage LEDs per Meter ICs per meter Link Image Note
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

HolidayCoro

(USA Based run by DIYC user dmoore)

Form Factor IC Length Voltage LEDs per Meter ICs per meter Link Image Note
String None 50 nodes (5m) 12vdc 10 0 link
Strip None 5m 12vdc 30 0 link silicone tube and coating
Module (rectangular) None 20 nodes 12vdc 10 0 link 3 LEDs
Module (square) None 20 nodes 12vdc 10 0 link 3 LEDs

Ray Wu

(China Based)

Form Factor IC Length Voltage LEDs per Meter ICs per meter Link Image Note
String None 50 nodes (5m) 5vdc 10 0 link IP68
String None 100 nodes (10m) 12vdc 10 0 link IP68
Strip None 5m 12vdc 30 0 link silicone tube
Strip None 5m 12vdc 30 0 link IP68,silicone coating
Strip None 5m 12vdc 30 0 link IP68,silicone tube and coating
Strip None 5m 12vdc 30 0 link epoxy coating
Strip None 5m 12vdc 60 0 link silicone tube
Strip None 5m 12vdc 60 0 link IP68,silicone tube and coating
Strip None 5m 12vdc 60 0 link epoxy coating
Module (rectangular) None 20 nodes 12vdc 10 0 link IP65, 2 LEDs
Module (rectangular) None 20 nodes 12vdc 10 0 link IP66, 3 LEDs
Module (square) None 20 nodes 12vdc 10 0 link IP68, 3 LEDs
Module (square) None 20 nodes 12vdc 10 0 link IP67, 4 LEDs

Seasonal Entertainment

(USA Based run by DIYC user Ponddude)

Form Factor IC Length Voltage LEDs per Meter ICs per meter Link Image Note
String None 50 nodes (5m) 12vdc 10 0 link IP68
String (square) None 50 nodes (10m) 12vdc 5 0 link IP68, RGB C7 lens
String (square) None 50 nodes (10m) 12vdc 5 0 link IP68, RGB C9 lens
Strip None 5m 12vdc 30 0 link IP68, Silicone filled
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