REVIEW: 12 mm Diffused Flat Digital RGB LED Pixels
By Marc de Vinck. Posted
This article was originally published as part of HackSpace magazine, which has since been incorporated into Raspberry Pi Official Magazine.
When you think of LED light strips, you typically think of surface-mount LEDs on a long flexible PCB-like backer. But that’s just one kind of LED strip. The 12 mm Diffused Flat Digital RGB LED Pixels from Adafruit ($39.95) are a bit different because they lack the flexible PCB backer. Instead, these light strips use flexible wires that span larger distances between each addressable RGB LED.
This means you can typically cover a larger area of light using less power per metre. You can also navigate these LEDs inside projects where typical LED strips wouldn’t be able to bend. Check out the Adafruit website for more information about the power requirements, example code, and more.
Verdict
9/10
Sometimes fewer LEDs are better!
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Marc de Vinck is the founder of Unexpected Labs and creator dLUX-dLites
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