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LED RGB Strip - Addressable, 5m (APA102)

These are addressable 5-meter-long 5V RGB LED strips that come packed with 300 APA102Cs. APA102 LEDs are very similar to WS2812s with a few caveats: APA102s can be controlled with a standard SPI interface, and they have an extremely high PWM frequency. There is access to each APA102 LED, and each strip length can be easily modified. You will be able to control each LED RGB individually, giving you the ability to create cool lighting effects for your car or perhaps under-cabinet lighting in your kitchen!

Note: These come in 5m segments on a reel. They are preterminated with a 4 pin JST-SM connector that has 2.5mm pin spacing, as shown in the pictures.

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LED RGB Strip - Addressable, 5m (APA102) Product Help and Resources

APA102 Addressable LED Hookup Guide

October 8, 2019
Connect, power, and control your APA102 addressable LED strip!
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LumiDrive Hookup Guide

January 17, 2019
The LumiDrive LED Driver is SparkFun’s foray into all things Python on micro-controllers. With the SparkFun LumiDrive you will be able to control and personalize a whole strand of APA102s directly from the board itself.
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Mean Well LED Switching Power Supply Hookup Guide

June 28, 2018
In this tutorial, we will be connecting a Mean Well LED switching power supply to an addressable LED strip controlled by an Arduino.
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TeensyView Hookup Guide

March 16, 2017
A guide to using the TeensyView OLED board to display text and graphics.
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Try checking out our Lumenati Hookup Guide that uses the APA102-based LEDs. There is an Arduino and Raspberry Pi example.

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Core Skill: Electrical Prototyping

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Skill Level: Competent - You will be required to reference a datasheet or schematic to know how to use a component. Your knowledge of a datasheet will only require basic features like power requirements, pinouts, or communications type. Also, you may need a power supply that?s greater than 12V or more than 1A worth of current.
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  • Member #1039039 / about 5 years ago / 1

    Hello! What is the current consumption of the strip or each led when brightness is set to 0?

  • Member #347862 / about 7 years ago / 1

    Sell the LEDs separately, without soldering?

  • Crizo / about 8 years ago / 1

    Can anyone tell me what the pad spacing is on the strip itself?

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Excellent work of sparkfun. Very fast shipping. The strip is high quality and works good. No issues with getting it work. LEDs are very bright and PWM works good. I'm very satisfied with this LED strip.