8x8 64-LED 5050 WS2812 RGB Matrix Display for Neopixel These displays comes with tiny 5050 ( 5mm x 5mm ) surface-mount package which includes three bright LEDs (Red, Green, and Blue) and a integrated driver chip (WS2812). It requires only one data input to control the state, brightness, and colour of all the three LEDs. By connecting the data output pin to the data input pin of the next strips, it is possible to daisy chain the LEDs to theoretically arbitrary length. Before you start, the first thing you will need to think about is Power Supply. One of these RGB LED contains 3 LEDs (Red,Blue and Green). Each single LED draw approximately 20mA current at its highest brightness. So a single WS2812 LED can draw 3 x 20mA = 60mA at maximum brightness - white. An Arduino cannot supply this amount of power. You will need a separate 5V power supply; rated for 2A for approximately 50% brightness or 4A for 100%. You need to make sure that the grounds for the LED display and Arduino are common.
These displays are not Adafruit products. 'NeoPixel' and 'Adafruit' are registered trademarks of Limor Fried.
Resources: Demo - Google 'YouTube How To Run a 8x8 NeoPixel RGB Matrix ( WS2812 ) By Arduino' Arduino libraries: Google 'GitHub Adafruit_NeoPixel' Google 'GitHub Adafruit_NeoMatrix' Google 'GitHub Adafruit-GFX-Library'
Specifications: LED chip size : 5050 LED chip model : WS2812B Input voltage : 5V Interface : VCC, GND, DIN, DOUT Dimensions : 65 x 65mm Package includes: 1x 8x8 WS2812 LED Matrix Display - PCB colour as chosen 1x 3pin 2.54mm header pins |
8x8 64-LED 5050 WS2812 RGB Matrix Display for Neopixel Arduino Raspberry Pi
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