Digital RGB Ledstrip WS2813 - 30 LED - Black PCB - 5M

With this digital RGB LED strip you can to control each LED individually. The strip itself is only 10mm wide and has self-adhesive tape on the back. To get the strip that thin, the controller chip is in the LED itself. This is kinda cool, but because the chip uses a special protocol with only one wire, timing is very important. This means the strip is perfectly controllable using an Arduino Uno/Mega, but a Raspberry Pi for example can have timing issues that can cause weird effects. This is because the Raspberry Pi does not use a so called 'Real-time operating system'. Background tasks can cause timing issues on hardware like this..

Sold per full reel of 5 meter.

At both ends are JST-SM connectors (male/female to link together) and female DC jack connectors (5.5/2.5mm).

Upgrade from WS2812

The WS2813 can be seen as an upgrade from the WS2812. It has two data signals so the failure of a pixel will not affect data transfer unless two consecutive pixels fail. Capacitor and resistors are integrated so not needed anymore. Less timing sensitive.

Characteristics

• Black flexiblePCB with adhesive tape
• Input voltage: 5V
• WS2813 chip
• Each LED cuttable
• 30 LEDs per meter
• Max. current/LED: 60mA
• Max. current per meter: 1.8A (9 watt)