[TriEmbed] TriEmbed Digest, Vol 28, Issue 10

[Alex Davis]

> Adam,
> I don't really know what spec's I need so I don't have any idea which
> lights to order.
> If I want 5 meters (which I presume is a standard) reel of RGB lights
> which ones do I need to order?
> I'm going to use this with your driver board, a Raspberry Pi, and
> whatever power supplies I need for a 4 meter run.

Brian,

I think if you want to use a Pi and want addressable pixels, then APA102
is what you want as it has a separate clock pin and isn't as
timing-dependent as ws281x. ws281x *can* work on the Pi
(https://learn.adafruit.com/neopixels-on-raspberry-pi/overview), it just
might be more trouble.

If you just want the whole strip one color then just buy a 'dumb' strip
and use a mosfet controller.

Alex

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