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<p>On 01/28/2018 12:18 PM, Alex Davis via TriEmbed wrote:<br>
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Adafruit is expensive and out of stock. Looking for a
meter of 30 from a trustworthy source. Any advice?Pete<br
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<div>I’d just ebay it from a US seller. Do the strips vary much
in quality? I would like to find the APA102 non-c variety, as
supposedly they are in a better case with better heat
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I knew even less about possible quality differences than the larger
issue: there are now THREE LEDs being sold as if they are the same.
I was seeking advice because I just now found an application for the
320 APA102C LEDs I bought via Adam's group buy that he did years
ago. So I'm out of touch, while at the same time a friend is eager
to do a "me too" and make something needing a couple meters of 30/M
LEDs. With the EBay route it's hard to tell if you're going to get
APA102, APA102C, or SK9822 LEDs, as the main sellers seem to think
they're equivalent (for a discussion of the interesting SK9822
variant see the excellent writeup <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://cpldcpu.wordpress.com/2016/12/13/sk9822-a-clone-of-the-apa102/">here</a>).
After finding this writeup I see that for my friend's application
any of these will work OK. But I wish Pololu wasn't out of stock, as
they have competitive prices and offer little details like software
drivers that play well with the SK9822's protocol difference.<br>
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